Systems Engineer, Prime Air

About the Role

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization. How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers and are excited for what's to come. If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you. Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the development of hardware and software integration within ultra-fast drone delivery operations.
• Ensure high standards for certifying safety-critical software and hardware in airborne systems.
• Work closely with design engineering staff powering a flywheel of continuous improvement in drone software design.
• Partner with drone system development and various engineering disciplines to oversee development, verification, configuration management, and quality assurance to ensure compliance to Design Assurance Levels and software development standards.
• Communicate effectively across all organizational levels, presenting strategies and results to senior leadership and operational partners.
• Translate complex system functions into digestible insights and summarize effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon's ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in systems engineering.
• Experience analyzing dependencies, tradeoffs, and sensitivities across multi-disciplinary systems.
• Strong cross-functional engineering fundamentals skills.
• Strong technical communication and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
• Experience participating in or leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g., hardware engineering, software engineering, program management).