Systems Engineer, Prime Air

About the Role

Amazon Prime Air (PA) is seeking a Systems Engineer to oversee the development of hardware and software integration within ultra-fast drone delivery operations. This role will be responsible for ensuring high standards for certifying safety-critical software and hardware in airborne systems, working closely with design engineering staff. Partnering with the drone system development and various engineering disciplines, you will oversee development, verification, configuration management, and quality assurance to ensure compliance to Design Assurance Levels and software development standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee software and hardware development, verification, configuration management, and quality assurance to ensure compliance to Design Assurance Levels and software and hardware 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Systems engineering experience.
• 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).