Sr. Software Dev Engineer in Test, Leo CT Anchor

Amazon Leo is Amazons 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.

As a Sr. SDET in CT Anchor team, you will work closely with colleagues to drive key aspects of release qualification, automation and optimization. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within a collaborative and fast-paced environment. You will work on verification and validation of the CT software with multiple variants. This includes testing, analyzing, troubleshooting and debugging. You will be also responsible to write tools or platform to empower developers to ship high quality software to the space at the speed of code.

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
Working within CT software team and taking responsibility of all CT variants.
Deep-dives into component and subsystem designs to document expectations, evaluate tests, remedy test failures, and provide quick feedback to improve performance.
Implementing, validating, optimizing and automating tests in test venues
Drive CT release with partner teams to qualify a release with high quality, ensure test accuracy
Interpreting test results, troubleshooting issues, performing root-cause analysis for any test failures.
Continuously improve on the process, built necessary automation tools to eliminate manual steps
Documenting test results, test coverage, and other KPI metrics. Communicating status and issues effectively with developers and managers.
Collaborating with partner teams to validate expectations for system-level and network-level operations, from concept through execution.
Defining test plans and procedures for CT release qualification process, based on identified requirements for subsystems and for the overall system.
Defining test plans and procedures to test CT with other components in the constellation.
Analyzing and mitigating potential self-interference and other system interference issues.
Configuring test equipment for automated operation
Shepherding CT subsystems through test campaigns throughout the development lifecycle, from concept to implementation to integration.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- 7+ years of technical specialist, design and architecture experience, or AWS Professional level certification
- 5+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure
- Experience programming in at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline implementation

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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 .

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