System Dev Engineer - Power, Leo

Description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

We are seeking an experienced System Development Engineer to join the satellite power systems team. The Power System Development Engineer will develop automation tools to determine power system health across a constellation of over 3000 satellites and execute operational response/runbooks to troubleshoot and solve in‑flight anomalies. This role combines hands‑on operational support with continuous improvement of processes and automated operational capabilities for the Amazon Leo Power System.

• Serve as primary operational liaison between Power System Engineering and Leo flight operations stakeholders.
• Monitor and assess power system health across the constellation.
• Develop metrics to track health and service uptime of each satellite & constellation.
• Investigate and troubleshoot in-flight anomalies, and execute operational responses.
• Escalate to responsible engineers for scenarios where existing automation or runbooks do not apply.
• Document operational instructions and procedures for the benefit of other Power operators.
• Support on-call activities for the areas your team supports.

• Develop and enhance operational procedures, both manual and automated.
• Create and review scripted operation procedures (software development).
• Improve telemetry monitoring and flight data analysis capabilities.
• Support continuous automation improvements for operational sequences.
• Formulate responses to new operational scenarios for review and approval from the Power System Engineering team.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust.
• 3+ years of non‑internship professional system development experience.
• Experience in developing the operational requirements, performance properties, and dependencies of complex hardware systems.
• Experience with data analysis tools and software.

• System development experience in the area of solar, battery, electric vehicle, drones, satellite, or rocket.
• Experience in full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Design experience in the area of electric vehicles, robotics, satellite, or aerospace.
• General knowledge of statistical analysis, signal processing, simulations, regression, optimization, and data analysis tools.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and optional supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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USA, WA, Redmond - $ - $ USD annually.

Job : A3157347