Amazon
Systems Engineer, Prime Air
$129K–$175K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- Significant experience in complex systems; 3+ years with specified standards is preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Defines, designs, verifies, and launches safety-critical autonomous ground-system features for Prime Air’s airspace mission orchestration system.
What you'll do
- Lead systems engineering for subsystems covering functions such as traffic management, route planning, communications, and geospatial systems.
- Lead cross-functional trade studies to establish requirements and scalable cloud-based system architecture.
- Own the system life cycle from concept to production, producing engineering artifacts and verification evidence.
What they ask for
- Experience as a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program manager, with significant experience in complex systems.
- Experience developing test strategies and plans for complex hardware/software systems or systems of systems.
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Aerospace, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience in Geospatial engineering, Weather Science, Distributed Systems, Flight Decks, Traffic Management, cloud-based software development, system design, or distributed system architecture; or 3+ years in an environment using ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-278A, DO-254, or related standards.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Airspace Mission Orchestration System, cloud based, Geospatial engineering, Weather Science, Distributed Systems, ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-278A
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