The Systems Engineer role at Amazon Prime Air focuses on defining, designing, verifying, and launching safety-critical autonomous ground system features. The team is composed of experienced aerospace professionals dedicated to tackling technical challenges and innovating ground systems. This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with airspace regulations and safety requirements. The engineer will drive the integration and deployment of automated traffic management solutions, contributing to the future of delivery technology.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 3+ years of experience working in an environment with one or more: ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-278A, DO-254, or related.

• 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.