SDE: Integrated Vehicle Testing & Test Automation

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Project Kuiper Software Development Engineer in Redmond to own software development, testing and automation for integrated vehicle test venues. You will collaborate across ground and space system teams to deliver automated test solutions and scalable infrastructure supporting launches.

The role emphasizes building end‑to‑end test automation, data pipelines, and robust software practices to ensure readiness for launch operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Java, C++, or C# with object‑oriented design experience.
• 3+ years of professional non‑internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of design/architecture experience (design patterns, reliability and scaling).
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Understand functional principles of Kuiper satellite hardware, software and all backend services that enable the operation of our constellation.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development and implementation of test solutions for integrated satellite hardware and software in an ambiguous and complex problem space.
• Build software solutions to manage infrastructure needed to operate our system in development and production environments.
• Build software solutions to manage infrastructure needed to operate our system at large scale.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to define and implement system architectures for integrated test venues.
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what features and performance improvements to build.
• Design and develop complex test sequences that coordinate and synchronize equipment and services across multiple layers to verify function and performance of satellite hardware and software.
• Instill best practices for software development documentation, ensuring designs meet requirements and delivering high‑quality software on tight schedules.
• Automate build, test and deploy pipelines.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and data catalogs.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

OO design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Job description

Amazon seeks a Project Kuiper Software Development Engineer in Redmond to own software development, testing and automation for integrated vehicle test venues. You will collaborate across ground and space system teams to deliver automated test solutions and scalable infrastructure supporting launches.

The role emphasizes building end‑to‑end test automation, data pipelines, and robust software practices to ensure readiness for launch operations.