Amazon

Senior System Development Engineer, Leo Bus & Flight Operations

Amazon$130K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in system testing, QA engineering, DevOps, or similar roles
  • 3+ years in a technical leadership position
  • Experience mentoring engineering teams
  • Experience managing contractors and external teams
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar
  • Experience in designing testing strategies for distributed systems
  • Proven ability in quality improvements and process optimization

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor System Development Engineers and contractors
  • Define testing strategy and best practices for SRM release validation
  • Drive technical decisions on testing frameworks and tools
  • Set quality standards and testing methodologies across the organization
  • Validate end-to-end testing across flight software, ground systems, and infrastructure
  • Oversee hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and simulation-based testing efforts
  • Ensure testing environments reflect production conditions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Mental Health Support and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Full Job Description
Amazon Leo 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.

We are seeking a Senior System Development Engineer to lead release testing efforts for our Software Release Management (SRM) team. This is a technical leadership role responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of flight and ground software releases before deployment to our LEO satellite constellation. You will design testing strategies, lead a team of engineers and contractors, and accelerate our release velocity while maintaining the highest quality standards.

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.

Required Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience in system testing, QA engineering, DevOps, or related roles

- 3+ years in technical leadership or senior engineering positions

- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams

- Experience managing or coordinating with contractors and external teams

- Strong programming skills (Python, Go, Java, or similar)

- Experience designing testing strategies for complex distributed systems

- Track record of driving quality improvements and process optimization

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

- Ability to balance speed and quality in fast-paced environments

- System integration testing and end-to-end validation

- API testing, performance testing, and load testing

- Monitoring, observability, and test analytics

- Scripting and tool development

Key job responsibilities

Technical Leadership

- Lead and mentor a team of System Development Engineers and contractors

- Define testing strategy, architecture, and best practices for SRM release validation

- Drive technical decisions on testing frameworks, tools, and infrastructure

- Set quality standards and testing methodologies across the organization

- Provide technical guidance and support to team members

System Integration & Validation

- Lead end-to-end testing across flight software, ground systems, and infrastructure

- Validate complex satellite communication protocols and operational workflows

- Oversee hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and simulation-based testing efforts

- Ensure testing environments accurately represent production conditions

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 Linux/Unix

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

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