Software Development Engineer

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.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths most customer centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state-of-the-art in space-based systems design.

Key job responsibilities
You will thrive in a fast-paced evolving environment where novel challenges are the norm. Along the way we guarantee that you will learn a lot have fun and make a positive impact on tens of millions of people. Opportunities abound for personal growth all while working with a great team of engineers building cutting-edge space technology.

In this role you will:

Architect and build software to automate hardware test systems
Develop software infrastructure to support test case execution
Architect and build automation to support development (CI/CD)
Align with various stakeholders on software requirements
Document software requirements from users
Support manufacturing as well as new product development
Enable automated data collection data analysis
Deliver end-user documents
Own and execute software quality and release process
Work with electrical test equipment

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 have the opportunity to write software to test exciting products and help us bring our idea to reality. Your software will enable the team to validate our designs and ensure all our hardware is space-worthy. You will make daily decisions on how to best create and deliver these tools.

About the team
This role will provide you with opportunities to join the Hardware Validation Team working within the wider Electrical Engineering Team. This highly collaborative group of engineers has a diverse range of backgrounds and knowledge and looking for help to build a scalable and reliable test automation solution. The team supports both internal test needs as well as the needs of the manufacturing team. They leverage and share work across the entire organization as well as utilize AWS resources and tools to accelerate their work.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience using and commanding test equipment
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with distributed systems at scale

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually