The Senior Systems Engineer role at Amazon Prime Air involves defining, designing, verifying, and launching safety-critical autonomous ground system features. The team is composed of experienced aerospace professionals focused on innovative ground systems that meet regulatory and safety standards. This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and successful integration of automated traffic management solutions. The engineer will drive innovation in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a commitment to safety and performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Master's degree in Aerospace, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience working in an environment with ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-278A, DO-254, or related.
• Experience as a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program manager with significant experience in complex systems.
• Experience developing test strategies and plans for complex hardware/software systems or systems of systems.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Geospatial engineering, Weather Science, Distributed Systems, Flight Decks, or Traffic Management.
• Experience in cloud-based software development, system design, and/or distributed system architecture.

• Serve as the systems engineering lead and subject matter expert for subsystem(s) within the Airspace Mission Orchestration System.
• Lead interdisciplinary trade studies across Prime Air software, system, product, and regulatory functions.
• Generate key systems engineering artifacts including CONOPs, design documents, interface control documents, requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution, and verification reports.
• Own the entire system life cycle, taking features from concept to production in a safe, performant, and certifiable manner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define site-specific requirements for expanding the automated traffic management system.
• Validate the system's adherence to internal and external regulatory and safety requirements.
• Write a verification plan to ensure critical system requirements are adequately tested.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.