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Systems Development Engineer, Prime Air Drone

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $99,100–$160,000🗓 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-07

Core

Define, design, verify, and launch safety-critical autonomous ground system features for airspace mission orchestration, including traffic management, communications, and route planning.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Autonomous Ground Systems)

Builds

Scalable cloud-based operator interface and automated traffic management systems for drone delivery

Domain

Aerospace / Autonomous Systems / Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

Systems engineering lifecycle management, regulatory compliance analysis, cross-functional trade studies, infrastructure automation, modern programming (Python, Go, Java, C++, C#, Rust), Linux/Unix

Preferred skills

CI/CD pipeline design and implementation (via careerplan.io/jobs/10568052-systems-development-engineer-prime-air-drone-at-amazon)

Technologies

Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Linux/Unix

Responsibilities

Lead interdisciplinary trade studies for scalable system architecture, generate systems engineering artifacts (CONOPs, design docs, test cases), validate system adherence to safety and regulatory requirements, drive integration and deployment of automated traffic management solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC