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. 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.Export Control: This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.Manufacturing Software Systems (MSS) is seeking a Software Development Engineer who will help solve a variety of technical challenges related to manufacturing satellites, ground equipment, and associated ASICs. You will play an active role in accelerating the manufacturing of satellites to quickly build the Amazon Satellite Constellation. You will tackle challenging, novel situations and will have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams spanning a variety of domains: software, hardware, networks, RF, embedded, real-time, distributed, as well as industrial automation systems.You will design and develop manufacturing software to drive the assembly, calibration, testing, and provisioning of satellites. You will collaborate with teams from manufacturing engineering, product engineering, and security engineering to identify requirements and design manufacturing software. You will design and develop the end-to-end system capabilities required for manufacturing orchestration across factory production lines.Along the way, we guarantee that you'll learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on millions of people.Key job responsibilities- Build the manufacturing software systems used by production operations to manufacture the Kuiper satellite fleet, supporting ground systems and associated ASICs- Build the end-to-end system capabilities required for the orchestration of manufacturing across factory production lines- Architect and design a secure manufacturing software system that protects Kuiper intellectual property and manufacturing assets via a secure chain of custody/trust- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to marketA day in the lifeIn this role as a Software Development Engineer, you will be actively engaged in developing Kuiper's secure manufacturing software system and orchestration software capabilities. These products enable industrial automation for the manufacturing of the Kuiper satellite fleet and its supporting ground equipment. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to develop, qualify, produce, and deploy solutions and products enabling Kuiper's global network.About the teamThe Kuiper Manufacturing Software team is responsible for the architecture, design, build, and installation of the software used to manufacture the Kuiper satellite fleet, ground equipment and ASICs. We partner with hardware, software, test engineering, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure efficient and secure manufacturing operations.