Systems Development Engineer, Manufacturing Test Infrastructure, Project Kuiper

Amazon is hiring a Systems Development Engineer, Manufacturing Test Infrastructure, Project Kuiper in Bellevue, United States. It pays $129k-$175k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Leo 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.

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.

Manufacturing Systems Engineering Test Infrastructure Team under Amazon Leo Prod-Ops is responsible for delivering improvements on the throughput and quality of testing for satellite components. We partner with engineering and production teams to bring reliability and repeatability to our systems, increase throughput and accelerate testing. We are looking for a System Development Engineer to optimize tests for Satellite hardware at contract manufacturing sites and Amazon Leo factory locations. Candidate will need to use data analysis to identify opportunities to optimize provisioning and testing processes and partner with design engineering, software teams, and Contract Manufacturer site representatives to implement solutions. You will work across the org with many software and hardware teams identifying requirements, prioritizing critical efforts and providing updates to senior management and stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead and conduct complex system-level analyses across multiple subsystems to evaluate design alternatives and optimize manufacturing test infrastructure architecture
- Develop and implement processes to facilitate communication of system design/architecture with partner teams including contract manufacturers, software teams, and hardware engineering
- Lead technical risk assessments and failure mode identification for manufacturing test systems, establishing test strategies and acceptance criteria
- Derive and synthesize requirements for system efficiency, operational excellence, and user experience across the manufacturing test infrastructure
- Identify and frame needs for analyses that balance impact and feasibility, conducting trade off studies to optimize test system design
- Lead collaboration across diverse technical teams (software, hardware, RF) to establish design goals and technical specifications
- Propose and implement changes to systems and architecture that improve performance, robustness, and extensibility
- Identify and escalate execution and technical dependencies in relation to schedule, managing cross-functional trade-offs

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

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization
- Experience with embedded software
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs)

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, BELLEVUE - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

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Systems Development Engineer, Manufacturing Test Infrastructure, Project Kuiper at Amazon rates 36 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Systems Development Engineer, Manufacturing Test Infrastructure, Project Kuiper is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $129k-$175k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Bellevue.
The job was posted on February 9, 2026.
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