Embedded Software Engineer - Satellite RF Beamforming

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 204,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking an embedded software engineer to develop the customer terminal software for the Kuiper satellite network. You will work across the full signal chain, from acquiring satellites to closing links and handing over to the next satellite, using Rust, C/C++, and Python on embedded Linux/RTOS.

You’ll collaborate with hardware and operations teams, implement beam calibration, link management, and telemetry, and contribute to lab

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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Responsibilities

• Electronic beam steering & tracking — real-time control that keeps a phased-array beam pointed at a fast-moving satellite across the pass and through every handover.
• Phased-array calibration — per-element amplitude/phase calibration that holds beam and sidelobe performance across unit-to-unit variation, temperature, and frequency, on real hardware in the field, with the automated test coverage to keep it reliable.
• Link acquisition, tracking & management — satellite acquisition, closed-loop tracking, and the control that brings the link up, keeps it healthy, and reacquires cleanly through handovers.
• RF power & thermal management — managing transmit power and duty cycle against PA and platform thermal limits so the terminal runs at full performance without exceeding its envelope.
• System integration & field telemetry — integrate the RF front-end, controls, and signal path, then use device telemetry to debug and improve terminals operating on orbit.

Skills

Embedded C/C++ or Rust on Linux/RTOS

Wireless / RF / DSP exposure

Hands-on hardware debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking an embedded software engineer to develop the customer terminal software for the Kuiper satellite network. You will work across the full signal chain, from acquiring satellites to closing links and handing over to the next satellite, using Rust, C/C++, and Python on embedded Linux/RTOS.

You’ll collaborate with hardware and operations teams, implement beam calibration, link management, and telemetry, and contribute to lab