Amazon Software Development Manager Kuiper Payload 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

667227740

Key job responsibilities
* Work with peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems and interfaces with underlying hardware to fulfill the RF and Networking Payload needs.
* Develop a strategic plan for the growth of the team, both from a software and integrated mission outcomes perspective.
* Hire & Develop a diverse team of software engineers.
* Aid in the design of mission critical systems in Project Kuiper.
* Collaborate with your fellow team members to integrate various system elements, both hardware and software.Export Control Requirement:
A day in the life
This is a Software Development Manager role in the Kuiper Payload Software organization, responsible for driving the research & development, deployment and operation of Kuiper Payload. Our software drives the hardware, firmware and networking on the satellite to manage all radio communications between satellites and the ground gateways and customer terminals, and also provides device drivers and services for managing redundancy, operational and thermal state of the payload. You will own the roadmap and mission for software and work with your customers to refine requirements, understand constraints, hire & grow your team and iteratively deliver value to our customers.

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- 5+ years of industry experience with Telecom, Data Plane networking, distributed systems or similar
- A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related fields, or equivalent experience

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- Experience with telecom systems - wireless, wireline, optical, satellite. Experience with high performance data networking on embedded platforms. Experience with silicon based forwarding fabrics a plus.