Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve 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 System Development Engineer to join our Regulatory Engineering team to develop innovative solutions TBD


Key job responsibilities
In this role you will work within the Regulatory Engineering and Analysis team to:
1. Develop automated data retrieval tools to obtain external publicly-available information to be used both for situational awareness and to configure Kuiper operational mechanisms;
2. Implement data repositories to keep track of data constraints and configurations;
3. Implement deployment mechanisms using automated machine-to-machine interfaces to facilitate safe and efficient deployments of regulatory constraints to operational systems in accordance with CI/CD best practices;
4. Support the development of team-internal software tools used to analyze satellite system behavior and to determine and optimize Leo system operational constraints. This includes tools to facilitate satellite communications modeling and simulation geospatial visualizations and data analytics;
5. Develop operational monitoring tools to ingest logs and poll status for system behavior validation optimization and early detection & reporting of issues to on-call staff.

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.

About the team
The Global Regulatory Affairs team is responsible for enabling and protecting Amazon Leos use of radio frequency spectrum throughout the world. The Regulatory Engineering and Analysis Team uses a data driven approach to develop strategies for regulatory and policy advocacy and to guide the Amazon Leo systems use of RF spectrum. The Regulatory Engineering and Analysis Team analyzes Amazon Leo system performance including how it is affected by RF interference and works in close collaboration with Amazon Leo design teams to optimize the satellite architecture and meet its regulatory obligations.



- 2 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Golang Java C C# Rust
- Experience in automating deploying and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- Experience building services using AWS products

- Experience with geospatial tooling and libraries: GeoPandas Shapely OGR QGIS PostGIS (with extensions) and map projections
- Working knowledge of RF communications fundamentals basic orbital mechanics and satellite ground systems development
- Familiarity with satellite spectrum regulatory frameworks (FCC 47 CFR Part 25 ITU Radio Regulations or equivalent)
- Experience with data analysis using Pandas or Spark DataFrames
- Experience building data lake / lakehouse pipelines with AWS Athena Glue and S3
- Experience managing fleets at scale with AWS Systems Manager (SSM Agent SSM Documents orchestrated automation workflows)

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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 VA Arlington - 129200.00 - 174800.00 USD annually