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Payload Software Engineer – Payload Systems, Mid-Level

Jobright.ai
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/23/2026

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Job Summary:

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is focused on delivering fast, reliable internet through its low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. The Payload Software Engineer will engage with a cross-disciplinary team to develop tools for automating processes and integrating software packages for the Project Kuiper initiative.


Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the system(s) analyzer tools used by the COPS team

• Own and create tools that help the generation and manipulation of data sets, simulations, and payload system configuration files

• Implement developer-facing interfaces to automate manual tasks such as data generation, simulation setup, file transfers, remote hardware control, and other "boilerplate" actions

• Create and maintain documentation for developed tools, its corresponding interfaces and test cases


Qualifications:


Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

• Experience in C and/or C programming


Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• Experience creating and managing build systems for multi-component, multiple architecture, C, C , and Rust software projects with CMake or other similar Makefile automation tool on Linux

• Experience with creating and managing developer-facing tools such as those for generating and validating data, automating manual developer processes, or otherwise accelerating developer productivity

• Experience with dependency management tools (e.g., Ant, Ivy, Gradle, Maven or similar) and integration with version control (e.g. Git), build systems, and CI/CD systems

• Experience developing various user interfaces: command line utilities, web applications, and desktop GUIs

• Experience with RF lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes

• Familiarity with embedded/bare-metal software development

• Familiarity of programming languages: Python, JavaScript


Company:

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company.

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