Amazon Software Development Engineer - Kuiper Manufacturing 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

817231685

As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges related to manufacturing the fleet of satellites, ground equipment and associated ASICs as well as mentor other scientists and engineers. Given that this is an early-stage initiative, you will play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and build quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams across Amazon. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that haven’t ever been solved at scale before!You will design and develop the manufacturing software used to drive the assembly, calibration and test of satellite and ground systems as well as perform high-throughput ASIC/chip level provisioning and testing. You will collaborate with teams from manufacturing engineering, product engineering, and security engineering to identify requirements and design manufacturing software. This includes ensuring the necessary functional, interface, and security capabilities while also addressing system performance needs. You will design and develop the end-to-end system capabilities required for manufacturing orchestration across factory production lines.Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.Key job responsibilities- Build the manufacturing software system used by production operations to manufacture the Kuiper satellite fleet, supporting ground systems and associated ASICs
- Build the end-to-end system capabilities required for the orchestration of the manufacturing software across factory production lines
- Architect and design a secure manufacturing software system that protects Kuiper intellectual property and manufacturing assets via a secure chain of custody/trust
- Identify needs and architect the manufacturing software system with the required functional, interface and security capabilities as well as address system performance needsExport Control Requirement:A day in the life
In this role as Senior Software Development Engineer, you will be actively engaged in developing Kuiper’s secure manufacturing software system and orchestration software capabilities. These products enable industrial automation for the manufacturing of the Kuiper satellite fleet and supporting ground equipment. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to develop, qualify, produce, and deploy solutions and products enabling Kuiper’s global network.

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5+ 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 developing secure RESTful services and message-based APIs
- Experience with building test executives using National Instruments Test Stand
- Self-starter with personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies with high customer impact
- A willingness to explore new alternatives or options to solve problems, and utilize a combination of industry best practices, innovations and your experience to get the job done