Mission Operations Engineer, Amazon LEO - Mission Operations

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As a Mission Operations Engineer you will own and execute the overall operational success of the mission at a systems level and coordinate between engineering teams across ground and space systems to achieve it. Because of the scale of the mission, you will be focused on driving automation and operational excellence — identifying areas of improvement and initiating changes to improve the productivity of the fleet.

You will coordinate and prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstration, design and conduct operational rehearsals, and drive automation efforts with scalability in mind, ensuring that the constellation functions at peak performance with no manual intervention. You will develop concepts of operation for missions and experiments, lead launch and early operations, develop and perform analysis on system data, and identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement.

The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, have strong verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, able to juggle multiple tasks at once, able to work independently, and maintain professionalism under pressure. You should have knowledge in space system design and software engineering practices.

Requirements

• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• detail oriented
• strong verbal and written communication skills
• strong organizational skills
• able to juggle multiple tasks at once
• able to work independently
• maintain professionalism under pressure
• knowledge in space system design and software engineering practices

Nice To Haves

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the overall operational success of the mission at a systems level
• Coordinate between engineering teams across ground and space systems
• Drive automation and operational excellence
• Coordinate and prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstration
• Design and conduct operational rehearsals
• Drive automation efforts with scalability in mind
• Develop concepts of operation for missions and experiments
• Lead launch and early operations
• Develop and perform analysis on system data
• Identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement
• Define our operational process
• Identify opportunities to optimize and automate, and work with software and hardware teams to implement
• Responsible for the operational success of the Kuiper mission

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed