Senior Embedded & Flight Software Engineer — Satellite

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 239,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSU program

Job summary

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. This role contributes across requirements, implementation, testing and operations to deliver reliable internet connectivity for customers in challenging locations.

You will help develop embedded software, design flight software, and ensure interfaces with hardware teams are robust and maintainable. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of professional software development experience, leadership in design or architecture, and a strong background

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience in at least one language.
• 5+ years leading design or architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or engineering team lead.
• 5+ years of full software life cycle experience: coding standards, code reviews, source control, build, tests, operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software in C, C++, Rust, or other languages in a real-time OS environment.
• Architect, design, and implement flight software for satellite constellation.
• Write software to interact with devices/electronics using I2C, SPI, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, etc.
• Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and flight management.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to support board bring-up and integration testing.

Skills

Professional software development

Programming experience

Design/architecture leadership

Mentor/tech lead experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. This role contributes across requirements, implementation, testing and operations to deliver reliable internet connectivity for customers in challenging locations.

You will help develop embedded software, design flight software, and ensure interfaces with hardware teams are robust and maintainable. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of professional software development experience, leadership in design or architecture, and a strong background