Project Kuiper 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.
As a software engineer for antenna systems, you will collaborate with systems
architects, hardware engineering design teams & FW/SW design teams to bring up
and test systems combining FPGA, firmware, RF, and networking functions and
build advanced tools for the following:
- Characterizing subsystems and systems related to antennas
- Complex data storage
- Hardware test automation
- Firmware design and implementation
- Application development
- Design automation for 2D and 3D structures
- Develop bring up tools and scripts for phased array systems
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
- Gathering requirements, designing, implementing, integrating, testing, and
launching high-quality, large-scale distributed software systems that solve
significant customer problems
- Developing the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and
usability in mind
- Working across a broad range of AWS technologies to build advanced tools,
distributed systems software and automation workflows
- Developing solutions that scale across a broad range
- Collaborating with a diverse range of cross-functional roles - systems
architects, hardware engineering design teams & FW/SW design teams
- Promoting a culture of engineering excellence by establishing best practices
and technical standards across the organization
- Leading and mentoring other talented engineers
About the team
Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit
satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to
unserved and underserved communities around the world. Basic Qualifications: -
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns,
reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications: - 3+ 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
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of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic
markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest
geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is
based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on
job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation
company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other
forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package,
in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For
more information, please visit
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remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external
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