Senior System Development Engineer, Leo Bus & Flight Operations

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

We are seeking a Senior System Development Engineer to lead release testing efforts for our Software Release Management (SRM) team. This is a technical leadership role responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of flight and ground software releases before deployment to our LEO satellite constellation. You will design testing strategies lead a team of engineers and contractors and accelerate our release velocity while maintaining the highest quality standards.

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.

Required Qualifications
- 8 years of experience in system testing QA engineering DevOps or related roles
- 3 years in technical leadership or senior engineering positions
- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
- Experience managing or coordinating with contractors and external teams
- Strong programming skills (Python Go Java or similar)
- Experience designing testing strategies for complex distributed systems
- Track record of driving quality improvements and process optimization
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to balance speed and quality in fast-paced environments
- System integration testing and end-to-end validation
- API testing performance testing and load testing
- Monitoring observability and test analytics
- Scripting and tool development


Key job responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of System Development Engineers and contractors
- Define testing strategy architecture and best practices for SRM release validation
- Drive technical decisions on testing frameworks tools and infrastructure
- Set quality standards and testing methodologies across the organization
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members

System Integration & Validation
- Lead end-to-end testing across flight software ground systems and infrastructure
- Validate complex satellite communication protocols and operational workflows
- Oversee hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and simulation-based testing efforts
- Ensure testing environments accurately represent production conditions


- 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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Redmond - 151200.00 - 204600.00 USD annually