Test Automation Engineer, Avionics Test Engineering

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Our goal is to be Earth's most customer centric company, and we are just getting started. We seek professionals who are eager to join an ambitious project that continues to push the state of the art in satellite system design, verification test, and operations.

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.

We are looking for a test automation engineer who combines superb technical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. You will work with a team of top-notch engineers and will collaborate with multiple spacecraft design, test, and operations teams. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun, and make a positive impact on tens of millions of people.

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
• Develop automation for lab equipment like spectrum analyzers, signal generators, electronic loads, power supplies, network analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, etc.
• Develop control and automation of thermal chambers for hardware product testing.
• Support development and deployment of test systems to development and production test campaigns.
If this sounds like the role for you, come make history with us!

A day in the life
You will develop and deliver test systems for avionics subsystems for both development and production test. You will support development test campaigns, which include LRU qualification test and reliability test. You will will support the deployment of your test systems to production test, which include external and internal manufacturing test.

About the team
Our team designs and delivers the test systems that enable qualifying and acceptance testing the hardware subsystems for the flight computer, power delivery, and RF systems on the satellite avionics bus.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical field.
- Experience with setup, control and automation of lab equipment like spectrum analyzers, signal generators, electronic loads, power supplies, network analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, etc.
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust.

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
- Experience with control and automation of thermal chambers for hardware product testing.
- Experience in embedded software development and test.
- Experience debugging complex hardware-software systems.
- Experience developing software for manufacturing test systems utilized in production environments.
- Experience developing software for and supporting radiation, reliability, or qualification test campaigns.
- Experience with NI TestStand.
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
- Experience with Linux/Unix.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes.
- Experience with PLM/MES/ERP software systems.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.