Amazon Sr Applied Scientist AMX Science 

United States, New York, New York 

158071078

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.As part of the Kuiper team, you will solve difficult problems where resolutions have high impact, and help create a brand new set of launch site processes and standards. To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while maintaining the highest standards of execution.The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical and collaborative setting and is able to interpret technical requirements and turn them into actionable steps.Key job responsibilities
- Develop and maintain satellite processing software test procedures
- Develop and maintain code pipeline infrastructure
- Test satellite code ahead of release using hardware in the loop and other test assets
- Support manufacturing engineers by defining and executing test requirements
- Develop automated testing systems to increase satellite manufacturing processes- Operations will occur on first shift, second shift, and weekend work may be required depending on testing/production/launch schedules
- This position is based in Merritt Island, FL but does required travel, up to 10% annually, either domestically or internationallyA day in the life

- 6+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering
- Experience in AWS services
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Passport
- Ability and willingness to comply with the Government of French Guiana which mandates that travelers receive vaccinations for yellow fever and COVID-19
- Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background checks

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience in software development, or experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications and experience with threat modeling and penetration testing
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Experience collaborating and influencing multiple teams across multiple organizations
- 5+ years of root cause analysis and troubleshooting or problem solving experience
- Software testing experience with hardware in the loop
- AWS API development