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We’re working on the future. If you are seeking an iterative fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve large-scale real world delivery challenges, and provide visible benefit to end-users, this is your opportunity.

Come work on the Amazon Prime Air team!

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Systems Engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. This person must be comfortable working with a team of top-notch developers and collaborating with our engineering teams. We’re looking for people who innovate and love solving hard problems. You will work hard, have fun, and of course, make history!

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Systems Engineer you will define, design, verify, and launch a novel drone delivery system. Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as the systems engineering owner of key safety critical cloud based subsystems throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
- Lead interdisciplinary trade studies across Prime Air software, system, product, and regulatory functions to determine the critical requirements for a scalable cloud based system architecture.
- Generate key systems engineering artifacts CONOPs, design documents, interface control documents and requirements.
- Develop comprehensive requirements documentation that meets aviation certification standards while enabling rapid innovation
- Drive test plans, write test cases, generate automated test procedures and conduct formal verification.

A day in the life
The Senior Systems Engineer day begins by reviewing any relevant problem reports or feature requests from the Operations team. Following up on a new feature request, they pull together Operations, Safety, and Software stakeholders to design an enhancement to the currently fielded software system. Next, they spend a few hours deep diving failing scripted automated procedures to resolve a blocked pipeline on an upcoming development build. They then spend shift focus to designing the next major blockpoint upgrades, generating high quality feature designs in collaboration with other Systems, Software, and Scientists

About the team
The systems engineering team is a driven, focused, and experience team of aerospace professionals.

Our systems engineering team is driven by a relentless customer obsession, we tackle the toughest technical challenges, turning visions into reality. Our mission is to design, integrate, and verify innovative ground systems that push the boundaries of what's possible.

We are a collaborative group of problem-solvers, each bringing unique expertise from aerospace and technology sectors. Our culture is one of ownership and accountability - we take pride in our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards.