Job Description
Amazon Prime Air is seeking a Systems Development Engineer II to join the Drone Guidance, Navigation & Controls (GNC) team as a DO-178C Requirements and Verification Engineer. In this role, you will be a key individual contributor responsible for developing the software requirements, architecture documentation, interface control documents, and verification evidence that form the backbone of Prime Air"s DO-178C-compliant software lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings software development experience background and applies that knowledge to the requirements and verification artifacts that govern how that code is built and tested. You will also develop software tools to support simulation, test automation, and analysis, bridging the gap between requirements engineering and the software development team. You operate with moderate autonomy, own your assigned work products end-to-end, and collaborate closely with the tech lead and senior engineers to ensure your artifacts meet DO-178C objectives and certification standards.
Key job responsibilities
- Work on guidance and navigation and control algorithm software.
- Develop High and Low level software requirements, capturing functional, performance, and safety requirements for GNC software components in compliance with DO-178C planning and development objectives
- Author software architecture documents describing the structure, components, interfaces, and data flows of GNC software modules, ensuring architectural decisions are traceable to requirements
- Develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs) defining software-to-software and software-to-hardware interfaces for GNC components, coordinating with hardware and systems engineering teams to ensure consistency
- Develop verification evidence including test cases and test procedures for requirements-based testing ensuring coverage of all DO-178C DAL C verification objectives
- Develop software tools in Python, MATLAB, or C/C++ to support simulation, test automation, data analysis, and verification reporting - accelerating the team"s ability to demonstrate DO-178C compliance
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Accreditation Standardsunmatched
- Algorithmsunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Architectural Servicesunmatched
- C Programming Languageunmatched
- C++ Programming Languageunmatched
- Computer Engineeringunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Document Managementunmatched
- MATLABunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
- Safety Trainingunmatched
- Simulationunmatched
- Software Administrationunmatched
- Software Architectureunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software Engineeringunmatched
- Systems Engineeringunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Test Automationunmatched
- Test Caseunmatched
- Test Requirementsunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)unmatched
- Verification Engineeringunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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