Project LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide
low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Have you wanted an opportunity to develop software for an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Infrastructure for Over the Air software delivery Engineering (IOTA) team owns the software delivery to all Kuiper assets, such as satellites and ground stations, and their configurations.
The systems we build serve a fundamental role in the successful operation of the satellite constellation, these systems need to have mission-critical reliability, uptime, and performance.
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.
Key job responsibilities
The Sys Dev Engineer is responsible to support suite of software applications and services to update software on constellation of satellites on Ground and in orbit. Your support will affect our customers directly! High Impact production operations and issue triaging often require coordination between multiple Development, Product and Support teams, so you get to experience a breadth of impact with various groups. It’ll definitely help for you to be detail-oriented and a skilled problem solver, because you’ll also be helping us to streamline our processes—and automating them where applicable.
Primary responsibilities include Space Operations supporting OTA procedures, troubleshooting, diagnosing and fixing production software issues, developing tools, automation and monitoring solutions, performing software maintenance and configuration, implementing the fix for internally developed code (
Python /
Go lang), updating, tracking and resolving technical challenges and improving operational excellence and readiness of the systems.
Some of the key job functions
Provide operations support with OTAs performed in Space, ensure quality of code delivered in new releases meet the bar for high performing OTAs in at launch pads, Space and during provisioning of satellites , root causing and triaging issues , including executing the procedures to update software on Satellites during manufacturing, on ground labs and in orbit, with responsibilities covering multiple products, features and services.
- 2+ years of systems development experience
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as
Python,
Ruby, Golang,
Java,
C++,
C#,
Rust- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure
- Experience with
CI/CD pipelines build processes
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USA, WA, Redmond - 99,100.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually