Sr System Development Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a Sr System Development Engineer to bridge IT and OT in a satellite manufacturing setting. You will connect plant-floor equipment to MES, build real-time data pipelines, and develop dashboards, digital work instructions, and traceability tools to enable intelligent manufacturing.

AI solutions will drive predictive maintenance and quality inspection, enabling data-driven operations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment and support of large-scale infrastructure.
• Proficiency in programming with at least one modern language (Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Bridge IT and OT environments by integrating plant-floor equipment with MES and protocols (OPC UA, MQTT, REST).
• Build and maintain real-time data pipelines for end-to-end production visibility and traceability.
• Develop custom manufacturing applications (dashboards, work instructions, monitoring, quality traceability) for satellite manufacturing.
• Design, train, and deploy AI solutions for predictive maintenance, automated inspection, anomaly detection, and process optimization.
• Collaborate with controls engineers to ensure equipment connectivity and PLC/SCADA integration.
• Work with manufacturing engineers to translate process requirements into scalable digital solutions.
• Assist network engineers to architect secure industrial OT/IT networks.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Programming languages

CI/CD pipelines

Manufacturing environment

Job description

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.

We are seeking an innovative and solution-oriented Sr System Development Engineer (SysDE III) to join our team to develop solutions that integrate machines and equipment with enterprise manufacturing systems, build custom manufacturing applications, and deploy applied AI within an active satellite manufacturing facility. This role combines hardware, software, OT and IT stack development to connect plant-floor assets with enterprise platforms, create purpose-built applications that streamline production workflows, and build intelligent solutions that unlock value from manufacturing data.

In this position, you will primarily work on integrating machines, robots, PLCs, SCADA systems, and production equipment with enterprise systems such as MES (Manufacturing Execution System), enabling real-time data flow between the shop floor and higher-level business systems. You will build custom manufacturing applications such as operations dashboards, digital work instructions, traceability tools, and production monitoring systems tailored to the unique needs of satellite manufacturing. You will also design and deploy applied AI solutions that leverage equipment and process data to drive predictive maintenance, automated quality inspection, process optimization, and intelligent manufacturing workflows. The ideal candidate will have direct hands-on experience connecting industrial equipment (PLCs, SCADA, Torque Tools, CNC machines) to enterprise manufacturing systems (MES), developing custom applications for manufacturing environments, building applied AI solutions for production use cases, or deploying industrial connectivity and data integration solutions using modern DevOps practices at scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between IT and OT environments by integrating plant-floor equipment (PLCs, SCADA, robots, CNC machines, torque tools) with enterprise systems such as MES using OPC UA, MQTT, and REST APIs
• Build and maintain real-time data pipelines that converge OT and IT layers, enabling end-to-end production visibility, traceability, and data-driven decision-making across the manufacturing stack
• Develop custom manufacturing applications (dashboards, digital work instructions, production monitoring, and quality traceability) tailored to satellite manufacturing operations, serving as the connective tissue between shop-floor systems and enterprise platforms
• Design, train, and deploy applied AI solutions for predictive maintenance, automated quality inspection, anomaly detection, process optimization, and intelligent chatbots leveraging data from both OT and IT systems to drive actionable insights for Production Operations.
• Partner cross-functionally with controls engineers to ensure equipment-level connectivity and PLC/SCADA integration
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to translate process requirements and domain expertise into scalable digital solutions
• Work alongside network development engineers to architect reliable, secure industrial network infrastructure that supports OT/IT convergence

Basic Qualifications

• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems at scale

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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Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

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Company

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID: A10524994