Embedded Software Engineer for Satellite Virtualization

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking an Embedded Software Development Engineer for the Leo Flight Software Team to scale VirtSat, the virtualization platform for virtual satellites and ground systems.

You will own the Graviton bare-metal virtualization layer, develop in Rust/C/C++, and drive VM lifecycle, provisioning, and testing across Ubuntu/ARM64 and QEMU-based emulation. This role blends cloud, embedded Linux, and satellite operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• Experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Experience with Linux systems programming (C, Rust, Python, or Bash).
• Experience with virtualization or emulation (KVM, QEMU, Docker, or similar).
• Familiarity with embedded Linux (boot process, systemd, device drivers, or Yocto/Buildroot).

Responsibilities

• Own the Graviton bare-metal virtualization layer — KVM/QEMU VM management, subsystem start/stop, health monitoring, and fault recovery.
• Develop embedded software in Rust, C, C++, or other modern languages for the virtualization and emulation layer.
• Write device drivers and system applications for the satellite systems running on virtual hardware.
• Write software to interact with micro-controllers and emulated hardware peripherals (FPGA, HSM, sensors).
• Build and maintain the custom AMI pipeline that pre-configures all satellite dependencies, reducing provisioning time and preventing dependency drift.
• Develop and optimize provisioning scripts that deploy satellite software onto emulated LRUs via SSM.
• Implement plugin framework extensions for new LRU types on the Graviton host.
• Build network virtualization between VMs — WireGuard tunnels, inter-entity networking, and TT&C link emulation.
• Optimize boot-time and provisioning latency for QEMU-based satellite instances.
• Debug and resolve issues at the intersection of host OS, guest OS, and QEMU emulation.
• Develop fidelity improvements — HSM crypto emulation, EFUSE emulation, CAN bus simulation, and error injection frameworks.
• Work closely with other software and hardware teams to support board bring-up and integration testing.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python

C/C++

Linux systems programming

KVM/QEMU virtualization

Rust

Yocto/Buildroot

Docker

Embedded Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Docker

EC2

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking an Embedded Software Development Engineer for the Leo Flight Software Team to scale VirtSat, the virtualization platform for virtual satellites and ground systems.

You will own the Graviton bare-metal virtualization layer, develop in Rust/C/C++, and drive VM lifecycle, provisioning, and testing across Ubuntu/ARM64 and QEMU-based emulation. This role blends cloud, embedded Linux, and satellite operations.