Senior Sys Dev Engineer , Plexus Lab

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.

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.

In this role you will design build and maintain the lab infrastructure. Your role will involve designing integrating and providing continuous support for satellite components & complex Radio Frequency (RF) satellite and ground based hardware.

A key aspect of your position will be serving as a liaison between software teams and hardware this capacity you will build/design/enhance new HW/SW systems to enable SW feature development and testing on satellite platforms in the labs.

Key job responsibilities
* Technical Expertise in RF testing equipment (VSA VSG GNSS simulators switches) RF up/down converters time-varying channel emulation and automated testing environments.
* Integration and continuous support of complex RF devices testing equipment and Linux based software systems.
* Strong RF problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities with the added ability to work individually and as a member of a team.
* Experience managing software development including integrating troubleshooting and diagnosing RF related software bugs.
* Strong project management communication skills and technical writing.
* Experience with RF testing equipment automation using SCPI and a various RF equipment Python libraries like PyVisa.

A day in the life
The successful applicant will be experienced in designing new satellite system capabilities (mobility handover...) to enable software teams the capabilities to verify new features in the satellite & customer terminals. You should be comfortable taking on ambiguous challenges like setting up new pre-production hardware for the first time. You should be able to define SOPs metrics and alarms to keep equipment and test infrastructure highly available and expand the teams capabilities over time. You will be invaluable to enabling the team to move quickly and confidently with robust verification frameworks that scale with our systems.

About the team
The Leo Plexus team owns satellite labs tools and designing/enhancing system solutions for new satellite SW features for ground and in space.

- 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

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

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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.