Systems Development Engineer, Manufacturing Test Infrastructure, Project Kuiper

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)