System Dev Engineer Power, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools hospitals businesses and government agencies Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Amazon Leo is seeking an experienced System Development Engineer to join the satellite power systems team. You will be responsible for development of automation tools to determine power system health across a constellation of over 3000 satellites and execute operational response/runbooks to troubleshoot and solve in-flight anomalies.

The Power System Dev Engineer will be responsible for the development of operational automation including telemetry acquisition processing and response runbooks. You will serve as a critical liaison between Amazon Leos Mission Operations and the Power System Design Engineering team executing approved operational responses. This role combines hands-on operational support with the continuous improvement of processes and automated operational capabilities for the Amazon Leo Power System.

You will develop automation tools to maintain power system operational health by identifying and assessing potential risks and evaluating system health across the constellation. You will actively troubleshoot and investigate in-flight anomalies working alongside power subject matter experts and systems engineers.


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.


Key job responsibilities
Operations Engineering
* Serve as primary operational liaison between Power System Engineering and Leo flight operations stakeholders.
* Monitor and assess power system health across the constellation.
* Develop metrics to track health and service uptime of each satellite & constellation.
* Investigate and troubleshoot in-flight anomalies and execute operational responses.
* Escalate to responsible engineers for scenarios where existing automation or runbooks do not apply.
* Document operational instructions and procedures for the benefit of other Power operators.
* Support on-call activities for the areas your team support.


Automation and Software Development
* Develop and enhance operational procedures both manual and automated.
* Create and review scripted operations procedures (i.e. software development).
* Improve telemetry monitoring and flight data analysis capabilities.
* Support continuous automation improvements for operational sequences.
* Formulate responses to new operational scenarios for review and approval from the Power System Engineering team

- Bachelors degree
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Golang Java C C# Rust
- 3 years of non-internship professional system development experience.
- Experience in developing the operational requirements performance properties and dependencies of complex hardware systems.
- Experience with data analysis tools and software

- System development experience in the area of solar battery electric vehicle drones satellite or rocket
- Experience in full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Design experience in the area of electric vehicles robotics satellite or aerospace
- General knowledge of statistical analysis signal processing simulations regression optimization and data analysis tools

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201200/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.