Satellite Test Engineer, Integrated Vehicle Testing Job at Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Redmond, WA

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  • Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
  • Redmond, WA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

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.

We are looking for an experienced Satellite Test Engineer to help architect next generation test infrastructure and lead Integrated Vehicle test campaigns. Our team is responsible for development and implementation of test hardware and test campaigns for integrated vehicle testing.

As a Project Kuiper Satellite Test Engineer you will own the development and execution of test campaigns for fully integrated satellites to ensure readiness for launch. You will work with multiple engineering and manufacturing teams across ground and space systems, to specify test equipment requirements, develop and execute test plans to support development and production test initiatives. Your focus will be in optimization of test processes to enable Project Kuiper production plans.

The Integrated Vehicle Test Team is looking for a Satellite Test Engineer to take satellites from initial build, through functional testing, spacecraft validation, and chart the path to reliably integrating and launching thousands of satellites. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging opportunity to work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve. We want individuals who want to reach beyond what is possible today. Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop, augment, and support integration and testing of components, from subsystems to the full spacecraft to determine suitability for flight.
- Work with avionics, payload and software teams to gather requirements, design test plans, determine applicable test cases, and prepare for test execution.
- Own integration campaigns and collaborate with responsible engineers, manufacturing engineers, software developers tooling teams to and any deliver a thoroughly tested spacecraft ready for launch.
- Communicate fluidly across a variety of teams to identify product risks and how they will be addressed to ensure mission success.
- Develop innovative hardware and processes to optimize and improve testing capabilities and processes.

About the team
The Integrated Vehicle Test team is responsible for development and execution of test plans to ensure reliable operation of satellite vehicles in space. The team’s responsibilities include process development, test hardware development and test execution for qualification vehicles and improving and scaling processes for production cadence. The tasks and daily focus change rapidly, and you will often take on exciting new responsibilities to ensure project success. Expect to be deployed to address complex problems by identifying the scope of the issue and quickly establishing innovative and functional solutions.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science or a related field.
- 2+ years of hands-on testing experience.
- 2+ years of design and validation of hardware systems work experience.
- 2+ years of navigating a development environment
- 2+ years experience developing and executing test plans for complex aerospace, automotive or consumer electronics systems.
- 1+ years of scripting or programming experience (Python, MATLAB, C, Labview)
- Solid understanding of Engineering and Testing fundamentals.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Work experience placement,

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