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Amazon Systems Development Engineer, Project Kuiper in Arlington, Virginia

Description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will work within the Regulatory Analysis and Systems Engineering team to:

  1. Develop automated data retrieval tools to obtain external publicly-available information to be used both for situational awareness and to configure Kuiper operational mechanisms;

  2. Implement data repositories to keep track of data, constraints, and configurations;

  3. Implement deployment mechanisms using automated machine-to-machine interfaces to facilitate safe and efficient deployments of regulatory constraints to operational systems in accordance with CI/CD best practices;

  4. Support the development of team-internal software tools used to analyze satellite system behavior and to determine and optimize Kuiper system operational constraints. This includes tools to facilitate satellite communications modelling and simulation, geospatial visualizations, and data analytics;

  5. Develop operational monitoring tools to ingest logs and poll status for system behavior validation, optimization, and early detection & reporting of issues to on-call staff.

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.

About the team

The Global Regulatory Affairs team is responsible for enabling and protecting Kuiper’s use of radio frequency spectrum throughout the world. The Regulatory Analysis and Systems Engineering Team uses a data driven approach to develop strategies for regulatory and policy advocacy, and to guide the Kuiper system’s use of RF spectrum. The Regulatory Analysis and Systems Engineering Team analyzes Kuiper system performance, including how it is affected by RF interference, and works in close collaboration with Kuiper design teams to optimize the satellite architecture and meet its regulatory obligations.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications

  • 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

  • 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

  • 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience

  • Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)

  • Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment

  • Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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