Amazon Data Center Chief Engineer DCC Communities 

United States, Virginia 

819068025

This position may require access to information, technology, or hardware that is subject to export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining any required export licenses or other approvals from the United States government. As such, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain any necessary export licenses or approvals based on their nationality, citizenship, and any other factors considered by the applicable export control regulations.Export Control Requirement:
Key job responsibilities
* Assess the health and performance of globally distributed ground terminals.
* Address and remediate antenna faults, alarms, and anomalies
* Maintain and/or update antenna calibrations as necessary
* Perform software updates/upgrades of antenna components
* Design system test and verification processes and document at-scale mechanisms.
* Manage tactical interactions with partners to ensure milestones, deliverables, and technical artifacts are technically compliant with project objectives and programmatic requirements.
* Work with stakeholder teams to maintain operational terminals in sync with organizational goals.
* Develop team training plans and materials.
* Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control.A day in the life
As a Gateway Terminal Ops Engineer, you will provide remote support to analyze, remediate, and maintain our gateway antennas across the world. You will address tickets generated by our automated monitoring systems; providing critical feedback to dial in and improve our systems. You will devise mechanisms and procedures to support efficient troubleshooting and remediation efforts. You may be required to travel (15%) to our gateways in order to address physical problems and troubleshoot faults and anomalies. Your contributions will keep our systems capable of serving our customers. These systems provide mission critical communications with Kuiper satellites. Ground terminals include state of the art tracking antennas, modems, and innovative support systems.

- 5+ years experience working in satellite communications ground systems and operations
- 3+ years of work experience in design and commission of radio/mobile telecommunications/RAN installations or SATCOM earth stations.
- 3+ years experience in automation via Perl/Python scripting and programming
- 2+ years of network integration experience in troubleshooting and on-site support.
- Ability to solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.
- Ability to write and review accurate and complete support procedures, system documentation, and issue tracking entries.
- Bachelor's Degree in RF, Aerospace, or other technical discipline or equivalent experience

- Experience with satellite communications earth stations or network development, deployment, and operation
- Ka-band experience as related to earth/ground station infrastructure
- LEO and/or MEO satellite systems experience.
- Excellent technical, problem-solving and communication skills