Senior Software Development Engineer, Project Kuiper

Job Description

Amazon's Project Kuiper is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Battery team. In this role, you will be responsible for the full software product road map of prototype testing, the scale into production, and the database solutions that our test systems will use to store results to draw analytical conclusions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 4+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 4+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems and working on Experience working on GNU/Linux distributions, including deployment automation
• 3+ years of experience building software with hardware interfaces such as test infrastructure for data acquisition, power supplies, and industrial sensors/actuators

Responsibilities

• Understand functional principles of Kuiper satellite power systems hardware
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development, and implementation of test solutions for satellite battery systems in an ambiguous and complex problem space
• Build software solutions to manage infrastructure needed to operate the system in a scrappy development environment and also in production at a large scale
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to define and implement system architectures for power systems integrated test venues
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what features and performance improvements to build
• Lead software design architecture for the test of Kuiper battery test and emulation systems
• Design and develop complex test sequences that coordinate and synchronize equipment and services across multiple layers to verify function and performance of satellite hardware and software
• Instill best practices for software development documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, delivering high-quality software on tight schedules
• Automate build, test, and deploy pipelines

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (multiple plan options)
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
• 401(k) with company match and various investment choices
• Company-paid life/AD&D and disability insurance
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) for employee ownership
• Child care and elder care referrals, adoption assistance
• Paid maternity and parental leave (including Ramp Back)
• Paid time off (PTO) and company holidays
• Employee discount on Amazon.com products
• Career Choice program (95% tuition and textbook coverage)