Amazon Mission Operations Systems Development Engineer 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

92318534

As a Mission Operations Engineer on the Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) team, you will own and execute the overall operational success of these payload and bus functions at a systems level and coordinate between engineering teams across ground, network, and space systems to achieve it. Because of the scale of the mission, you will be focused on driving automation and operational excellence — identifying areas of improvement and initiating changes to improve the productivity of the fleet and optical network.You will coordinate and prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstrations, design and conduct operational rehearsals, and drive automation efforts with scalability in mind, ensuring that the constellation functions at peak performance with little-to-no manual intervention. You will develop concepts for OISL network operation for missions and experiments, participate in launch and early operations, develop and perform analysis on system data, and identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement.Export Control Requirements

- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- 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
- BS degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
- Experience with basic space system architecture and subsystem functionality

- 2+ years of experience in the Aerospace industry
- Demonstrated technical understanding of: spacecraft design, spacecraft launch and on-orbit operations, spacecraft guidance+navigation+control, terrestrial and satellite communications systems and networking
- Data-driven engineering approach and ability assess system performance with statistical analysis
- Demonstrated ability to drive requirements for concepts of operation and space systems
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle, including requirements development and integrated testing