Instrument Engineer Salary in Minneapolis, MN

DESCRIPTIONWe are looking for a senior software development engineer to join our team and help us build the next generation of the AWS Direct Connect service. This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting features within the AWS Direct Connect service.First, a bit of background:Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a broad set of global compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and networking services that help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications. Our services are trusted by the largest enterprises and the hottest startups to power a wide variety of workloads.The AWS Direct Connect software engineering team invent solutions makes it easy for customers to establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to the AWS cloud. These connections help to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections. AWS Direct Connect is currently available in more than 91 locations located in 28 countries.The opportunity:The AWS Direct Connect team is looking for technical experts who can help us build large scale distributed systems to meet our customers' demands. You will be designing, implementing, and operating features to put features into customers’ hands quickly.AWS in general and this business, in particular, operates at very large scale and on critical workloads, so a passion for operational excellence is essential. Candidates must be comfortable working within a fast-moving startup environment and be eager to embrace ownership and accountability.Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a “typical” day, software engineers might whip up a prototype to prove or disprove an idea, instrument code to report a new metric, talk with customers, code up a feature, or draft a proposal for a radical new idea.For detailed info regarding Direct Connect visit: http://aws.amazon.com/directconnectFor more information on Amazon Web Services please visit: http://aws.amazon.com/Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Key job responsibilities• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and build innovative products and services in a large distributed computing environment,. • Influence our product direction through significant development contributions and technical leadership • Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed. • Build distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use. • Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems. • Define and achieve performance metrics, and instill the operational practices needed to sustain them • On-call rotation to support the services owned by the Software team • Mentor your teammates, helping them grow and develop their technical/functional skills.About the teamThe AWS DX Metrics and Monitoring (M&M) team is chartered with delivering and building resilient software systems across two verticals, DX network monitoring and providing metrics for DX resources. We provide an active monitoring solution for all DX data plane features to detect and indicate signals towards internal / external customer systems to allow for visibility of the DX network state and mitigation of network unavailability globally. Additionally, the team collects and streams metrics from the DX resources and publishes these for consumption by customers through CloudWatch.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Arlington, VA, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USABASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

A Day in the Life   This position of Mechanical Design Engineer II will research, plan, design, build, verify, validate, and develop mechanical and/or electromechanical products and systems for treatment of kidney disease.  An ideal candidate will be familiar with metals, instruments, controls, actuation, plastics, robots, engines, machine, mechanical, resonance, hydraulic, and/or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy.   Must Have: Requires a Baccalaureate degree in Engineering discipline (Biomedical, Mechanical, Industrial (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience. Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. min 2 years of experience in prototyping and/or 3D printing. Basic understanding of computer aided design (CAD) and design specifications/prints. Basic understanding and experience working with programming languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, etc.) Nice to Have: min 2 years of experience in the medical device industry. Familiarity with associated medical device and regulatory standards. Experience working with product lifecycle management databases. Experience working with issue tracking software (e.g., Jira, Zendesk, Backlog, etc.). Experience working with Creo Parametric and/or ANSYS simulation software. Intermediate experience with statistical software (e.g. Minitab, JMP, etc.) Experience in tool/fixture design. Willingness to learn and grow in dynamic teams and cross-collaboration with global team members Ability to work independently and autonomously with moderate guidance from experienced team members and management Highly motivated with enthusiasm to learn new skills based on project and business demands Ability to communicate articulately and efficiently throughout the problem-solving process with fellow team members Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external vendors and suppliers. Superior technical writing, documentation, and note-taking skills. Proficient in using Microsoft Suite of software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, OneNote, Teams, etc.) Ability to travel, 10-15% of the time