Amazon

Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Amazon$165K — $223K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years in design or system architecture
  • Proficient in programming with at least one language
  • Experience with AWS cloud services
  • Familiarity with large-scale web applications and modern JavaScript frameworks like React

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment
  • Collaborate with factory planners and technicians for customer-centric solutions
  • Lead technical projects and work with cross-functional teams
  • Design flexible solutions for complex performance problems
  • Utilize AWS services like Lambda and API Gateway
  • Develop secure, production quality web applications
  • Mentor engineers to foster a strong engineering culture

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy reimbursement
  • Mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
Full Job Description
Manufacturing systems engineering (MSE) under Project Kuiper Prod-Ops is responsible for delivering software solutions that improve speed and quality of Kuiper manufacturing systems. We partner with engineering and production teams to bring reliability and repeatability to our systems, improve throughput and accelerate the transition. We are looking for a software engineer with experience in delivering software solutions that scale as we increase manufacturing throughput. We are looking for a full stack engineer with hands on experience in 1) programming languages like python, rust, typescript or java. 2) AWS cloud services. 3) building large-scale web applications 4) at least one modern JavaScript framework such as React.

Key job responsibilities

- Participate in all phases of software development lifecycle from requirements to implementation and deployment to operations.

- Collaborate with stakeholders such as factory planners and technicians to launch customer centric software solution that scale.

- Lead technical projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams such as satellite software and hardware engineering teams.

- Design flexible solutions for complex problems with multiple unknowns with exceptional performance & reliability.

- Utilize AWS infrastructure and services such as Lambda, IAM, SNS/SQS, DocumentDB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IoT etc.

- Design and implement production quality web applications that are secure and accessibility compliant.

- Mentor fellow engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture.

About the team

Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) team is responsible for building standardized, automated, and scalable manufacturing systems. Our mission is to transform engineering inputs into production-ready solutions in four critical areas: shop floor management tools, automated testing for chambers, calibration and provisioning of manufacturing systems and optimized test station design and infrastructure. We act as the critical interface between engineering and production teams, ensuring seamless integration of software and hardware components in developing production-ready systems. We focus on delivering solutions that automate production testing processes, reduce cycle times, and optimize setup/teardown procedures, effectively addressing critical bottlenecks while ensuring consistent implementation across all production sites.

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

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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