Satellite Network Validation Engineer II

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

The Satellite Systems Integration and Test team at Amazon is seeking a Network Development Engineer to lead end‑to‑end integration and validation of satellite communications across payloads, gateways, customer terminals, and cloud services. You will analyze packet captures, logs, and RF data to root out issues and drive improvements.

You will collaborate across RF, software, hardware, and operations to reproduce issues in lab environments and automate verification steps, advancing throughput and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience.
• 4+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment.
• 1+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end integration and validation of satellite communications features across the satellite payload, ground gateways, customer terminals, transport networks, and cloud services — developing and executing test campaigns that cover functionality, performance, reliability, scale, and failure recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues using packet captures, system logs, telemetry, RF measurements, and tools such as tcpdump, Wireshark, and iperf to isolate packet loss, latency, session failures, and throughput degradation across the full communications stack.
• Automate test execution, data collection, log processing, performance analysis, and reporting using Python or similar languages, and build repeatable processes that improve team efficiency and consistency.
• Collaborate with RF and test‑equipment vendors to expand lab capabilities, bring up new test configurations, and reproduce operational issues in a controlled environment.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to cross‑functional teams, drive root‑cause investigations to resolution, and mentor engineers on integration, troubleshooting, and validation practices.

Skills

Routing protocols

Linux

Automation scripting

Python

Tools

tcpdump

Wireshark

iperf

Job description

The Satellite Systems Integration and Test team at Amazon is seeking a Network Development Engineer to lead end‑to‑end integration and validation of satellite communications across payloads, gateways, customer terminals, and cloud services. You will analyze packet captures, logs, and RF data to root out issues and drive improvements.

You will collaborate across RF, software, hardware, and operations to reproduce issues in lab environments and automate verification steps, advancing throughput and