Software Development Engineer, Integrated Vehicle Testing

Description

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.

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 looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer with exposure to AWS tools and services to help architect advanced test infrastructure.

Our team is responsible for core infrastructure and tools that will serve as the backbone for automated satellite testing operations to enable rapid scaling of manufacturing processes. Export Control Requirement:
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.

• Understand functional principles of Kuiper satellite hardware, software and all backend services that enable the operation of our constellation.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development and implementation of test solutions for integrated satellite hardware and software in an ambiguous and complex problem space.
• Build software solutions to manage infrastructure needed to operate our system in development and production environments.
• Build software solutions to manage infrastructure needed to operate our system at large scale.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to define and implement system architectures for integrated test venues.
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what features and performance improvements to build.
• Design and develop complex test sequences that coordinate and synchronize equipment and services across multiple layers to verify function and performance of satellite hardware and software.
• Instill best practices for software development documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, delivering high quality software on tight schedules.
• Automate build, test and deploy pipelines.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and data catalogs

As a Project Kuiper Software Development Engineer you will own the development, implementation and test of software for Kuiper integrated vehicle test venues. You will work with engineering teams across ground and space systems, to develop an integrated solution to test fully assembled satellite vehicles and ensure readiness for launch operations. You will be focused on driving automation and optimization of test processes.

The Integrated Vehicle Testing team is responsible for core infrastructure and tools that will serve as the backbone of automated satellite testing operations to enable rapid scaling of manufacturing processes.

• 3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
• 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
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

• Experience scripting in Python or Java script
• Knowledge of software test techniques and strategy

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