About the role

What will you do at Amazon?

Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to

deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world,

and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to

serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools,

hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other 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.

Manufacturing Systems Engineering Test Infrastructure Team under Amazon Leo

Prod-Ops is responsible for delivering improvements on the throughput and

quality of testing for satellite components. We partner with engineering and

production teams to bring reliability and repeatability to our systems, increase

throughput and accelerate testing. We are looking for a System Development

Engineer to optimize tests for Satellite hardware at contract manufacturing

sites and Amazon Leo factory locations. Candidate will need to use data analysis

to identify opportunities to optimize provisioning and testing processes and

partner with design engineering, software teams, and Contract Manufacturer site

representatives to implement solutions. You will work across the org with many

software and hardware teams identifying requirements, prioritizing critical

efforts and providing updates to senior management and stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities

- Lead and conduct complex system-level analyses across multiple subsystems to

evaluate design alternatives and optimize manufacturing test infrastructure

architecture

- Develop and implement processes to facilitate communication of system

design/architecture with partner teams including contract manufacturers,

software teams, and hardware engineering

- Lead technical risk assessments and failure mode identification for

manufacturing test systems, establishing test strategies and acceptance criteria

- Derive and synthesize requirements for system efficiency, operational

excellence, and user experience across the manufacturing test infrastructure

- Identify and frame needs for analyses that balance impact and feasibility,

conducting trade off studies to optimize test system design

- Lead collaboration across diverse technical teams (software, hardware, RF) to

establish design goals and technical specifications

- Propose and implement changes to systems and architecture that improve

performance, robustness, and extensibility

- Identify and escalate execution and technical dependencies in relation to

schedule, managing cross-functional trade-offs Basic

Qualifications

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Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting 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

Preferred Qualifications

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Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management
to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools
as needed to support the organization
- Experience with embedded software
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or
standardization
- Experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
interview or onboarding process, please visit
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information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please
contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
[https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].
USA, WA, BELLEVUE - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

Which skills does this role require?

Data AnalysisSystem DevelopmentCI/CDProgrammingProcess ImprovementCommunicationTechnical Risk AssessmentCollaborationTest StrategiesManufacturing Test SystemsLeoLow Earth OrbitSatelliteBroadbandNetworkManufacturingTest InfrastructurePythonRubyGolangJavaC++C#RustUser ExperienceOperational ExcellenceGo

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