Sr. Systems Development Engineer, OISL Test Automation, OISL Sustaining Engineering

Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

We're looking for a hands-on Systems Engineer with a background in the requirements management, design for manufacturing, hardware/software development for hardware test.

This is a role for a highly collaborative individual who will help us with optimizing for high volume production and meeting cross discipline requirements.

We are looking for an engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead the development test system validation
* Lead software/hardware integration testing
* Lead innovative software/firmware/hardware architectures and flows for multiple manufacturing test lines
* Lead review and analysis on data using tools such as MATLAB, Python, or similar.
* Support and organize the release of the software and hardware system documents through gate reviews
* Investigate and troubleshoot yield issues during prototype and production builds
* Write status and/or build reports for cross-functional review
* Drive and prioritize execution of system test campaigns
* Design and develop software/scripting test setups and supporting hardware for various subsystem validation of the satellite bus.
* Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives, including impact on performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scale.
* Drive cross-functional schedules, test requirements, specifications and limits with the hardware development team
* Work concurrently with the design engineers to provide design for testability (DFT) feedback throughout the design process
* Support production and integration efforts for hardware subsystems.
* Define test strategy, implement and optimize test setup/processes at the CM including design and qualification of test fixtures, test equipment, and test software
* Develop procedures, preventative maintenance plans, and troubleshooting guides to support production
* Develop and communicate system integration and evaluation strategies and plans in support of program learning, technical risk reduction, verification, and validation

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A day in the life
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved before.

About the team
The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. This role is part of Sustaining Engineering Team that we are building to support OISL manufacturing as we scale production. This is the technical arm of this organization, with 20+ engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
- Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing more junior engineers
- MS in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.