Senior Satellite RF Test SW Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo

Socket.dev; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Software Development Engineer to architect and build software that automates hardware test systems and supports test case execution for space-based hardware validation.

You will write Python on Linux test racks, develop CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with RF/hardware engineers to ensure reliable measurements and scalable test automation at production scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build software to automate hardware test systems.
• Develop software infrastructure to support test case execution.
• Architect and build automation to support development (CI/CD).
• Align with various stakeholders on software requirements.
• Document software requirements from users.
• Support manufacturing as well as new product development.
• Enable automated data collection, data analysis.
• Deliver end-user documents.
• Own and execute software quality and release process.
• Work with electrical test equipment.

Skills

Software development

Programming

Design leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earth's most customer centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space based systems design.

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

You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on tens of millions of people.

In this role, you will:

• Architect and build software to automate hardware test systems
• Develop software infrastructure to support test case execution
• Architect and build automation to support development (CI/CD)
• Align with various stakeholders on software requirements
• Document software requirements from users
• Support manufacturing as well as new product development
• Enable automated data collection, data analysis
• Deliver end-user documents
• Own and execute software quality and release process
• Work with electrical test equipment

A day in the life

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and hardware validation. You don't need to be an RF engineer, but you should be comfortable reading a datasheet, understanding what a pass/fail threshold means physically, and asking hardware engineers the right questions to translate their intent into automated test logic.

You spend most of your day writing Python that tests satellite hardware before it goes to space. Some days that's building a new test case to catch a failure mode we saw on-orbit. Other days it's debugging why a production rack isn't reporting telemetry correctly, or designing the automation that lets a factory operator run 12 units through environmental stress testing with a single click.

You'll work closely with RF and hardware engineers who define what "good" looks like for a given component -- then you figure out how to measure it reliably, repeatedly, at production scale. Your code runs on Linux test racks in our manufacturing facilities, talks to instruments over SCPI, controls thermal chambers, and reports results to dashboards that drive ship/no-ship decisions.

About the team

This Satellite RF Test SW Dev Engineer will have the opportunity to be a member of the Satellite RF Hardware Design Team working within the wider Amazon Leo RF and Modem team. This highly collaborative group of engineers has a diverse range of backgrounds and knowledge and looking for help to build a scalable and reliable test automation solution for 1st and 2nd gen Leo satellites. The team supports design validation test, space qualification test, and production test of spacecraft gigabit speed modems, millimeter-wave amplifiers, frequency converters and LNAs. They like to leverage and share work across the entire organization as well as utilize AWS resources and tools to accelerate their work.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ 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
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence

Los Angeles County applicants:

Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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

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, CA, San Diego - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Redmond - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually