GNC System Development Engineer, Prime Air

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Learning budget

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Verification

Source-linked checked Jun 7, 2026

Salary

$129K-$175K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

30% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

Shift type

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Weekend work

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Company

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

Application

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Assessment

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Deadline

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About this role

GNC System Development Engineer, Prime Air Seattle, Washington, USA 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

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