System Development Engineer, GSE Automation, Amazon Leo

Amazon.com, Inc.•Kirkland, WA

31d

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. We are hiring a System Development Engineer to develop and integrate hardware and software for satellite production manufacturing and test applications. This is a highly collaborative position that interfaces with Amazon Leo production, engineering, and IT infrastructure teams. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position. You will work with leaders in multiple technology areas across Amazon Leo to define and develop automation systems to meet the program needs. In addition, you will be responsible for project management, cost estimates and scheduling. You'll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you'll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product's performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today. The Ground Support Equipment (GSE) team is responsible for designing and commissioning automation and tooling for Satellite testing and production. This in-house team of engineers work directly with satellite designers, production teams, and manufacturing engineers to solve unique problems in high-volume satellite production.

Requirements

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
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

Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Responsibilities

Test system development and integration: The System Development Engineer is responsible for developing automated testing to verify functional requirements of Amazon Leo satellites and subsystems.
Manufacturing automation development: The SysDE will develop automated manufacturing applications on the Kuiper SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) platform.
Ownership and collaboration: The SysDE is responsible for learning and addressing the business needs through interaction with partner teams. The SysDE will generate requirements collaboratively, document and collect customer feedback on the design, then implement and iterate. The SysDE is a single-threaded owner, responsible for delivering functioning applications to production, providing support for startup activities, and participating in an on-call rotation for production downtime escalations.
Security and compliance: Produce system architecture and design documents for end-user, front line support, and security review purposes. Ensure that system integrations comply with internal IT and Security standards, with code that is well-documented and version controlled.

Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $89,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

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