Amazon Embedded Flight Software Manager Kuiper Guidance 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

971826964

In this role, you will manage the team who designs, develops and delivers the software used to control Kuiper satellites.Key job responsibilities
* Lead a team of SW engineers implementing the embedded code required to: a) provide attitude control of Kuiper satellites and , b) control the Kuiper propulsion system.* Lead or work alongside a parallel SW engineering team developing functions and services required to control Kuiper satellite orbits; working with the the Kuiper Flight Dynamics Systems team.* Together with GNC SW engineer leads develop and execute a roadmap for GNC SW development.* Create and maintain mechanisms used within the team as needed to plan/organize tasks and achieve consistent high-quality documentation of the complete engineering development cycle.* Interface with the broader Kuiper organization advocating for GNC needs and ensuring GNC's customer needs are m et.

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and operations.

- 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
- 3+ years experience development SW for embedded systems.
- 3+ years experience developing SW for Aerospace applications, principally embedded vehicle SW.
- Applicants with bachelor or advanced degrees in Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or similar are encouraged to apply.
- Experience with automated vehicle control systems, preferably applied in Aerospace vehicles.
- Development and test experience with high reliability codebase.
- Experience with the development and application of data monitoring systems used within bandwidth constrained channels.
- Experience developing SW in Rust.