Amazon Support Engineer Integrated Vehicle Test 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

410304690

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 a Project Kuiper Support Engineer you will participate in the development of test automation equipment, and control systems. You will own assembly and bring-up of mechanical systems, electrical enclosures and mechatronics equipment. You will work with engineering and maintenance teams to develop and maintain preventive maintenance plans and critical spare parts lists for engineering equipment, and will own the execution of preventive and corrective maintenance tasks on automated test systems. You will train production operations technicians on maintenance procedures and will ensure that their training keeps pace with improvements to production systems.
Key job responsibilities
- This position will work 2nd shift (4 PM - 2 AM) Wednesday through Sunday.
- Develop, augment, and support integration and testing of components, from subsystems to the full spacecraft to determine suitability for flight.
- Work with avionics, payload and software teams to gather requirements, design test plans, determine applicable test cases, and prepare for test execution.
- Develop complex test automation sequences using scripting languages such as Python.
- Develop innovative hardware and processes to optimize and improve testing capabilities and processes.About the team
The Integrated Vehicle Test team is responsible for development and execution of test plans to ensure reliable operation of satellite vehicles in space. The team’s responsibilities include process development, test hardware development and test execution for qualification vehicles and improving and scaling processes for production cadence. The tasks and daily focus change rapidly, and you will often take on exciting new responsibilities to ensure project success. Expect to be deployed to address complex problems by identifying the scope of the issue and quickly establishing innovative and functional solutions.

- 1+ years of hands-on testing experience.
- 1+ years of experience in design and validation of hardware systems.
- 1+ years of experience in a development environment
- 1+ years' experience developing and executing test plans for complex aerospace, automotive or consumer electronics systems.
- Experience scripting or programming with at least one of the following: Python,
- Hands on experience with debugging wiring and electrical issues using test equipment.

- Degree or certificate in related field
- Experience scripting in modern programming languages
- Experience working in aerospace, automotive or electronics manufacturing.
- Experience in testing of prototype hardware for aerospace, consumer, automotive, or automation equipment.
- Well-developed communication skills with the ability to review and develop written instructions; document work performed, and follow up with engineers and management as required.