Project Kuiper is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the satellite bus systems team. You will work closely with a worldclass team of engineers and business leaders to architect design and test automation services and tools that we use to support and learn from our growing satellite constellation and ground testbed systems. We are looking for a Software Engineer to participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation and test to operations. In this role you will focus on architecture deployment and maintenance of infrastructure and automation services for model development simulation & test environments. You should have deep expertise in the design creation management and use of large datasets.
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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.
Key job responsibilities
* Work with stakeholder peer teams and customers to design automation services for model development simulation & test environments.
* Develop cloud native software systems in Python Java or similar language utilizing AWS and other Amazon technologies.
* Build and optimize data pipelines that track performance generate insights and support models (control systems or ML) for continuous system improvement.
* Integrate data pipelines from multiple hardware sensors and other software services for different usecases such as streaming and batch processing models.
* Build and maintain robust and welldocumented APIs that allow other engineers and partners to develop their own custom models integrations and test assertions.
* Create and improve monitoring and observability tools for tracking debugging and learning across space & ground deployments.
* Integrate test and validate new features on live systems ensuring they meet stringent performance and reliability standards.
* Lead technical roadmap definition requirements & feature planning and performance improvements. Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership to the team.
A day in the life
As a Senior Software Development Engineer you will play a crucial role in the development of automation services to support simulation model development algorithm design and test verification needs for the Kuiper satellite constellation. You will work with a dynamic group of engineers and collaborators across multiple technology areas to identify automation needs design novel solutions that meet customer requirements and write software to automate key behaviors for our simulation and test infrastructure. You will build high performance and scalable architecture to extract process and visualize data from constellations space and ground assets effectively.
About the team
Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide lowlatency highspeed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
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5 years of noninternship 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
Experience in building and deploying models warehousing and building ETL pipelines
5 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
Experience in architecture deployment and maintenance of models in cloud native environments
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