Data Scientist, Automated Vehicle Testing

Socket.dev; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo Data Scientist role focuses on architecture of data analysis tools to assess flight-worthiness of satellites and traceability of past test data. You'll collaborate with engineering, software and manufacturing teams across ground and space systems to define data collection and pipelines.

The team builds automated testing infrastructure for satellite manufacturing, with emphasis on telemetry analysis, ML benchmarks, and data-driven decisions to enable scalable production.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of data scientist experience.
• 3+ years of data querying languages (SQL) experience.
• 3+ years of ML/statistical modeling and data analysis experience.
• 1+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems.
• Master's degree in STEM or related experience.
• Experience applying theoretical models in applied environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering, software and manufacturing to understand satellite performance drivers.
• Lead the design and implementation of production models and real-time decisions for test results.
• Drive scalable actions to optimize test methods and improve satellite reliability.
• Analyze satellite telemetry data from lab and on-orbit results.
• Develop data pipelines and models for telemetry analysis and visualization.
• Create datasets for model pre-training and supervised fine-tuning of LLMs.

Skills

Data Scientist

SQL

ML & Statistics

AI systems

Applied modeling

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Python

R

SAS

MATLAB

SQL

Job description

Amazon Leo 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.

Key job responsibilities

• Work with engineering, software and manufacturing teams to understand drivers, impacts, and key influences on satellite performance
• Lead the design, build and implementation of production models and make decisions in real time for satellite test results
• Drive actions at scale to optimize test methodology and drive increases to satellite reliability
• Analysis and modeling of satellite telemetry from test results in lab and on-orbit
• Develop models and data pipelines for satellite telemetry
• Create and manage datasets for continued pre-training and supervised fine-tuning of LLMs
• Develop scalable visualizations for analysis of satellite performance

A day in the life

As Amazon Leo Data Scientist you will own the architecture definition and development of data analysis tools to aid engineering and production teams in deciding flight-worthiness of each Amazon Leo satellite and historical traceability tools to enable simplified discovery and interpretation of past test data. You will work with multiple engineering, software and manufacturing teams across ground and space systems, to specify requirements, define data collection, interpretation strategies, data pipelines and implement data analysis and reporting tools for Integrated Vehicle tests. Your focus will be in optimizing the analysis of test results to enable Amazon Leo production plans.

About the team

The Automated Vehicle Testing Team is a mix of scientists and software engineers responsible for data infrastructure, tools, and research that serve as the backbone of automated satellite testing operations to enable rapid scaling of manufacturing processes.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of data scientist experience
• 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
• 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience
• 1+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience
• Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving
• Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language
• Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company
• Experience in defining and creating benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance
• Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects
• Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
• Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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 option for 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, REDMOND - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually