Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve 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.
The System Development Engineer will implement test equipment hardware, network solutions, process control dashboards, and automation/analytics for systems used in the processing of satellite and dispenser hardware.
The System Development Engineer is a skilled individual contributor within the team, providing guidance on many aspects including but not limited to testing requirements, software management, assembly/integration work cell design within the payload processing facilities, facility and equipment planning, integration and test application implementation and improvement, process control, design for manufacturability, and project management.
The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical setting and leads collaboration with other departments to reach the best solution to any problem and is able to technically challenge assumptions and requirements.
Key job responsibilities
• Participating in a matrixed team of engineers to support multiple processing facilities and launch sites
• Assist in hiring personnel (engineers and technicians)
• Track, implement, and continuously improve assembly, integration and test processes
• Specify and procure various test and support equipment and systems to meet program development requirements
• Takt time and cost optimization planning
• Definition and implementation of Work Order and automated documentation processes.
• Payload compliance certification sign-off
• Anomaly resolution and corrective action implementation
• Shift schedule will vary, depending on production/launch schedules
• Must be willing and able to perform extended travel up to 25% annually, either domestically or internationally as business needs demand
A day in the life
The System Development Engineer will spend significant amounts of time collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to develop test, networking, and automation solutions for satellite and dispenser processing. They will support the development, assembly, qualification/test, and deployment/maintenance of systems in multiple processing zones across multiple payload processing facilities and launch sites. They will support the space hardware product value streams, implementing engineering best practices in a safe and repeatable manner, implementing efficiency improvements and reducing non-conformances.
We are a fast-paced, data-driven team, and work with leaders in multiple technology areas to deliver the best product for our customers. We hold each other to relentlessly high standards, and constantly look for ways to improve the product’s performance, quality and cost. We are excited about the technical challenges, which motivates us rather than discourages us.
We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
