What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Development Engineer, GSE Automation, Project Kuiper position at Amazon?
Description
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.
We are seeking an innovative and solution-oriented System Development Engineer (SysDE II) to join our team to develop innovative solutions and automated pipelines for deploying SCADA infrastructure and platform as a service. This role combines hardware, software, OT and IT stack development for SCADA infrastructure and platform within an active satellite manufacturing facility.
In this position, you will primarily work on backend code for IAC, CDK, and pipelines of full SCADA Infrastructure and Platform lifecycle to abstract SCADA deployment and configuration from SCADA Application development and provide engineering excellence for reliability and disaster recovery while ensuring optimal developer experience for the SCADA application developers and system integrators. Ideal candidate will have direct hands-on experience deploying Ignition SCADA Platform through modern DevOps practices at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable backend infrastructure for Ignition SCADA platform deployments
- Develop CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using DevOps practices for SCADA system provisioning
- Build automated deployment frameworks and configuration tools for Ignition SCADA applications
- Architect cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions supporting OT/IT convergence and SCADA scalability
- Develop backend services, APIs, and data integration layers supporting SCADA applications and manufacturing interoperability
- Create infrastructure monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for SCADA platform health and performance
- Implement security frameworks and compliance controls for OT infrastructure following industry best practices
- Build self-service infrastructure provisioning tools and maintain technical documentation for deployment procedures
- Lead technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure issues affecting SCADA availability
- Support operations through infrastructure automation, reducing manual intervention and improving reliability
- Drive continuous improvement for infrastructure deployment speed, reliability, and cost optimization
- Collaborate with production, engineering, IT, and procurement teams while managing escalations and coordinating incident resolution
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.
A day in the life
This highly collaborative position interfaces across multiple Project Kuiper teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
The successful candidate will have strong experience in automation technology development, with the ability to understand and contribute to platform as a service development, reliability metrics, and developer experience and testing within critical automated manufacturing systems.
The role requires hands-on technical expertise combined with strategic thinking to drive continuous improvement and deliver business-aligned solutions in an active production facility.
The typical schedule requires 5 days in-person per week, participation to on-call and weekend rotations to align with Kuiper production shifts.
About the team
The Ground Support Equipment (GSE) team is responsible for designing and commissioning automation and tooling for Satellite testing and production. This in-house team of engineers and support technicians work directly with satellite designers, testers, and manufacturing engineers to solve unique problems in high-volume satellite production.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting 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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience building services using AWS products
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment
- Knowledge of a front-end language (Javascript, CSS, HTML, etc.)
- Knowledge of database systems and SQL
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201,200/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $116,300 - $201,200
