Sr. Applied Scientist, Leo Autopilot

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses,
and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a crucial role in the development
of services to support the automation of the Leo mission. You will work with a
dynamic group of passionate engineers and collaborators across peer teams to
identify automation needs, design novel solutions that meet customer
requirements, and write software to automate key behaviors for our
constellation's space and ground assets. You will be building low-latency,
highly-scalable architecture to generate and execute our mission plans safely
and effectively.

The team builds software which supports the automated planning and execution of
satellite activities, empowering humans to automate key tasks and take
themselves out of the loop as we scale the Leo constellation. We own services
that model spacecraft behaviors, predict future vehicle state, capture
operational constraints on our system, and generate mission schedules that serve
our customers while preserving vehicle health and safety.

Requirements

• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• PhD in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or Master's degree
• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of mathematics optimization such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization experience

Responsibilities

• Solve large scale and complex optimization problems for operating satellite constellations
• Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems to fulfill the mission needs.
• Write code for production cloud native software systems in Java and Python.
• Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services.
• Help on-board and mentor new team members.
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what software services to build.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree