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.

　　We're looking for an outstanding engineer to help us build this service from the ground up.

　　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.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　• Develop high performance software in a resource constrained environment for embedded processors

　　• Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints

　　• Full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, and mission integration

　　• Develop solutions to bridge the gap between OS software, flight software, antenna software, and modem software

　　• Validate software on custom hardware via automation and test hardware.

　　A day in the life

　　Have you wanted an opportunity to develop software for an advanced satellite broadband communications service? A Customer Terminal software engineer will take a strategic role in the architecture and the software product development life cycle for customer terminals. You will create software that is used to design, develop, launch, and operate ground systems and be responsible for the complete lifecycle of the software from development to testing to operations.

　　About the team

　　The Kuiper Customer Terminal Applications Team owns the software powering the devices that connect our customers to the network. Our applications range from dataplane and antenna control to ephemeris data management and customer notification APIs. We work hand in hand with hardware, product and operations teams to deliver a great experience for our customers.

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

　　Redmond, WA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　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

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　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 or interest in using Rust

　　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.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.