Amazon Leo is building a constellation of 3,236 satellites to deliver broadband from space. Our direct-to-device (D2D) program takes it further, connecting everyday phones and devices directly to satellites. Come build it.
We're looking for an embedded software engineer to build the software that controls phased-array antennas on satellites, from lab bench to orbit. You'll develop services and applications that drive antenna beam-forming, calibration, and hardware control, running on embedded Linux and managed through systemd. You'll debug boot sequences and board bring-up issues, and own your code through deployment. You don't need satellite experience. You need to be a strong engineer who figures things out, builds things that work, and ships.
We're a small, growing team inside Amazon Leo. We own the software layer for the satellite antenna payload, the services and infrastructure that make beam-forming, calibration, and hardware control actually work. You'll work alongside embedded software engineers, SDEs, RF engineers, and hardware teams, and you'll have real ownership from day one. The team is early enough that your decisions will shape how we build and test for years. If you want high-impact work on one of Amazon's most ambitious technical programs, come join us.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
Develop embedded software (Rust/C/C++) for Amazon Leo antenna systems
Design and implement reliable services and daemons that run on resource-constrained hardware
Participate in hardware bring-up, board validation, and factory test development
Own software from requirements through deployment, including design, implementation, and testing.
Collaborate with hardware, RF, and systems engineering teams
Review schematics, logic analyzer, and embedded software troubleshooting techniques.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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 equivalent
- Experience with Linux operating system, embedded systems, consumer devices, or mobile apps
- Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
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USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually