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.
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Key job responsibilities
As a Senior PLM/CAD Application Engineer you will be responsible for providing a stable performant and reliable set of best in class software tools. You will anticipate tool and infrastructure needs work with multiple organizations support users and develop and implement processes to enable successful and rapid development of a leading-edge low earth orbit satellite constellation.
A day in the life
Our tools application engineers help solve the problems of the day work to lay the foundation for the future and stay on top of the most current technologies and methods to aid in our tools running at peak performance. Activities will range from working with other teams to capture their requirements and feature requests working with an end user to get their project back on track creating a proposal and documents for future infrastructure needs to support scalability for the team and tools automating processes to streamline development and researching new tools or technologies to increase design rigor and productivity.
About the team
The PLM/CAD team supports the PLM applications for Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Library Management and the interface to our Enterprise systems including ERP and our Manufacturing tools.
We are looking for an experienced PLM architect to join our team and lead the deployment and implementation of Team Center PLM with related business applications. The candidate enjoys solving problems and has a strong technical background in PDM/PLM/CAD application management and software development. The role requires a responsive individual that can wear multiple hats and work in fast paced environment which has an entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. At the core of this role the candidate is expected to innovate through simple solutions to improve the PLM business process and deliver great customer value. This means diving deep into the details of CAD/PLM system needs while also providing strategic inputs on overall architecture to design implement develop and promote internal business processes.
* Bachelors degree in Computer Science ElectricalComputer Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
* 7 years of recent and relevant work experience with PLM/PDM/CAD software. (Mentor Xpedition Cadence Allegro Altium Designer Teamcenter NX ERP)
* 5 years of experience with front-end (design tools) and the backend (MCAD library/design database server infrastructure)
* 5 years Enterprise Tool administration experience debugging and solving client and server-side application issues software installation configuration etc.
* 3 years of developing and documenting engineering processes related to PDM/PLM/CAD tools and engineering activities.
* 10 years of experience with Data Modeling (BMIDE) workflows stylesheet access control ITAR/EAR requirements change management CAD integrations with NX.
* Development experience with PDM/PLM/CAD - SOA both server client and web-client customizations.
* Multiple years of experience automating PDM/PLM/CAD workflows/processes.
* Multiple years of experience with Windows servers Batch scripts powershell Windows file servers HyperV
* Multiple years of experience with Linux servers. Bash scripts cron ssh samba etc.
* Multiple years of experience with ECAD systems engineering lifecycle management and workflows.
* Understanding of network fundamentals; switching routing etc.
* Multiple years of experience with flexlm license servers
* Multiple years of experience with LDAP and SAML for user management and authentication.
* Experience architecting AWS infrastructure and managing server and workstation implementation.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $122000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210800/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.