Software Development Engineer, Production Operations, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and weve 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 (MSE) under

Project Kuiper Prod-Ops is responsible for delivering software solutions that improve speed and quality of Kuiper manufacturing systems. We partner with engineering and production teams to bring reliability and repeatability to our systems, improve throughput and accelerate the transition. We are looking for a software engineer with experience in delivering software solutions that scale as we ramp up our manufacturing throughput. We are looking for a candidate with hands on experience in programming languages like python, rust or java and is familiar with AWS cloud services.

Key job responsibilities
- Participate in all phases of software development lifecycle from requirements to implementation and deployment to operations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders such as factory planners and technicians to launch customer centric software solution that scale.
- Lead technical projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams such as satellite software and hardware engineering teams.
- Design flexible solutions for complex problems with multiple unknowns with exceptional performance & reliability.
- Utilize AWS infrastructure and services such as Lambda, IAM, SNS/SQS, DocumentDB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IoT etc.
- Mentor fellow engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture.
- Interface with hardware systems and test chambers.

About the team
Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) team is responsible for building standardized, automated, and scalable manufacturing systems. Our mission is to transform engineering inputs into production-ready solutions in four critical areas: automated testing for chambers, calibration and provisioning of manufacturing systems, shop floor management tools, and optimized test station design and infrastructure. We act as the critical interface between engineering and production teams, ensuring seamless integration of software and hardware components in developing production-ready systems. We focus on delivering solutions that automate production testing processes, reduce cycle times, and optimize setup/teardown procedures, effectively addressing critical bottlenecks while ensuring consistent implementation across all production sites.

- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with software & hardware interfaces.

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.