Software Development Engineer - Systems Performance, Kuiper Ground Software & Analytics

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit
satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to
unserved and under-served communities around the world. We are looking for a
Software Development Engineer focused on Systems Performance to help us scale
this this service globally.

In this role as a Software Development Engineer, you will design, implement,
optimize, and operate systems critical to the uptime and performance of Kuiper
ground terminals. Your contributions will have a direct impact on customers
around the world.

The Kuiper Ground Software & Analytics team is responsible for:

- Design, development, deployment, and support of a tier-1 Monitoring and
Remediation System (MARS) needed to maintain high availability of hundreds of
ground terminals deployed around the world.
- Ground systems integration/test (I&T) automation
- Ground terminal configuration, provisioning, and acceptance automation
- Systems analyses
- Algorithm development (pointing/tracking/calibration/monitoring)
- Software interface definition for supplier-provided hardware and development
of software test automation

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with distributed systems including a mix of hardware/software troubleshooting
• Experience defining, building, and monitoring data pipelines/platforms on AWS
• Experience with signal processing/data analysis/data visualization in Python/Spark
• Experience with statistical estimation, supervised learning methodologies, and anomaly detection

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy state-of-the-art antenna calibration algorithms - and then efficiently optimize their performance
• Develop system-level simulations (and supporting scaled infrastructure on AWS) to enable high-velocity decision making on wide-ranging technical challenges
• Work with applied scientists/engineers on our team to define, test, and implement machine-learned anomaly detection tools, predictive maintenance workflows, and automated remediation applications need to support our Monitoring and Remediation System (MARS).
• Own the full software development lifecycle - including design, testing, deployment, mission integration, and operational support - for applications you build.

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