Embedded Software Engineer - Satellite Systems

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options / RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a software engineer to design and implement robust satellite vehicle software. You will work on over-the-air update capabilities, collaborating with a tight-knit team to ensure reliability and security in a mission-critical environment.

The role emphasizes architecture decisions, deep problem solving, and delivering high-quality software for space-grade systems, with room to grow toward principal engineering responsibilities.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions for satellite vehicle systems, implementing best practices in code organization, clarity, and error handling while balancing short and long-term technical needs.
• Contribute to technical architecture decisions and software development for satellite over-the-air update capabilities, ensuring high reliability, performance, and security in a mission-critical environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex support issues, triage bugs, and implement solutions that maintain operational excellence of satellite systems.
• Identify and resolve root causes of persistent problems in satellite software, making existing systems simpler while maintaining robust development practices.

Skills

C# , C++ , Java , Perl

System design

Object Oriented Design

Distributed systems

Professional software development

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a software engineer to design and implement robust satellite vehicle software. You will work on over-the-air update capabilities, collaborating with a tight-knit team to ensure reliability and security in a mission-critical environment.

The role emphasizes architecture decisions, deep problem solving, and delivering high-quality software for space-grade systems, with room to grow toward principal engineering responsibilities.