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Amazon Software Development Engineer, I&T, Kuiper Ground Systems Engineering in Redmond, Washington
Description
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 Software Development Engineer to help us build this service from the ground up.
Key job responsibilities
Define, build, test, and support infrastructure to automate ground systems hardware Integration & Test activities at scale
Leverage AWS to develop solutions that bridge the gap between ground systems suppliers and internal backend systems
Own the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing and integration with other Kuiper systems
This role will be part of the Software and Algorithms (SWALG) team, part of Ground Systems Engineering. SWALG 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 analysis
Algorithm development (pointing/tracking/calibration/monitoring)
Software interface definition for supplier-provided hardware and development of software test automation
Definition of use cases/requirements needed to drive ground modem software development
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.
A day in the life
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.
About the team
The Kuiper Ground Systems Engineering team is responsible for the development, deployment, and long-term performance optimization of Kuiper satellite ground terminals located around the world (Gateway and Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C)). Ground terminals include full-motion parabolic antennas, radio frequency spectrum monitoring, terminal monitoring and control, and fault management systems. These software-driven distributed systems form the communications backbone for the Kuiper constellation and must provide the world-class reliability, uptime, and performance our customers expect from Amazon.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
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
Preferred Qualifications
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 using AWS and Python is a plus
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.