Sr. Systems Development Engineer, OISL Test Automation, OISL Sustaining Engineering

Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individualhouseholds to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Were looking for a hands-on Systems Engineer with a background in the requirements management design for manufacturing hardware/software development for hardware test.

This is a role for a highly collaborative individual who will help us with optimizing for high volume production and meeting cross discipline requirements.

We are looking for an engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead the development test system validation
* Lead software/hardware integration testing
* Lead innovative software/firmware/hardware architectures and flows for multiple manufacturing test lines
* Lead review and analysis on data using tools such as MATLAB Python or similar.
* Support and organize the release of the software and hardware system documents through gate reviews
* Investigate and troubleshoot yield issues during prototype and production builds
* Write status and/or build reports for cross-functional review
* Drive and prioritize execution of system test campaigns
* Design and develop software/scripting test setups and supporting hardware for various subsystem validation of the satellite bus.
* Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives including impact on performance schedule cost risk complexity and scale.
* Drive cross-functional schedules test requirements specifications and limits with the hardware development team
* Work concurrently with the design engineers to provide design for testability (DFT) feedback throughout the design process
* Support production and integration efforts for hardware subsystems.
* Define test strategy implement and optimize test setup/processes at the CM including design and qualification of test fixtures test equipment and test software
* Develop procedures preventative maintenance plans and troubleshooting guides to support production
* Develop and communicate system integration and evaluation strategies and plans in support of program learning technical risk reduction verification and validation

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.


A day in the life
You will tackle challenging novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that havent been solved before.


About the team
The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. This role is part of Sustaining Engineering Team that we are building to support OISL manufacturing as we scale production. This is the technical arm of this organization with 20 engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production.


- Experience leading the design automation deployment and support of 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
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5 years of systems design software development operations automation and process improvement experience

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience writing technical documents project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
- Experience in mentoring leading or managing more junior engineers
- MS in electrical engineering computer engineering or computer science or equivalent experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.