Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast affordable broadband to a wide range of customers including consumers businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
As a Software Development Engineer you will own the development implementation and test of the cloud service to manage the configuration of Kuiper hardware and software. You will work with engineering teams across ground and space systems to understand how the system functions and deliver an integrated solution to prepare for and execute the mission. Because of the scale of the mission you will be focused on driving automation and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate will be detail oriented have strong organizational skills able to work independently juggle multiple tasks at once and maintain professionalism under pressure. You should have deep knowledge software engineering practices understand how software and hardware systems interact and can drive design and implementation of operational of objectives in complex systems. Familiarity with space systems is desired.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the team The team builds and maintains the software services responsible for building and managing critical configuration about Kuiper satellites.
3 years of noninternship professional software development experience 2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience Experience programming with at least one software programming language
3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
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