Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Kuiper
Description For Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Kuiper
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The Kuiper Software group is responsible for all production software at Kuiper. The Software Health Automation team owns the Kuiper Software lab and provides lab as a fully managed service.
As a Sr. Systems Development Engineer for Kuiper, you will:
- Design, set up, and maintain test fixtures to verify software on real hardware
- Write software and scripts for operations to keep things running and highly available
- Troubleshoot software and hardware problems with pre-production equipment
- Contribute to engineering efforts from design to implementation, solving complex technical challenges
- Design and build advanced automated build, test, and release infrastructure
- Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
You will be part of the Kuiper Software Health Automation team, which owns labs, tools, and software for verifying the quality of networking equipment before release. This software will be operating both on the ground and in space. The team raises the quality bar before software reaches customers.
The ideal candidate should be experienced in keeping technical infrastructure running smoothly, comfortable taking on ambiguous challenges, and able to define runbooks, standard operating procedures, metrics, and alarms to keep equipment and test infrastructure highly available.
Note: Due to export control laws, candidates must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Responsibilities For Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Kuiper
- Design, set up and maintain test fixtures to verify software on real hardware
- Write software and scripts for operations to keep things running and highly available
- Troubleshoot software and hardware problems with pre-production equipment
- Contribute to engineering efforts from design to implementation
- Solve complex technical challenges around developer and engineering productivity and velocity
- Design and build advanced automated build, test and release infrastructure
- Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
- Define runbooks, standard operating procedures, metrics and alarms
- Ensure equipment and test infrastructure are highly available
- Expand the team's capabilities over time
Requirements For Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Kuiper
- Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical field preferred)
- 6+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment
- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment
- 5+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
- 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement
- Highly autonomous, very detail oriented, and willing to learn new skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management
- Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools
- Experience in developing product test harnesses and instrumenting products to gather test results
- Experience creating and expanding powerful automated testing tools and frameworks
Benefits For Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Kuiper
- Medical Insurance
- 401k
- Equity
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