Embedded Software Manager — Satellite Virtualization Lead

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking an Embedded Software Development Manager to lead the team building VirtSat, Leo's virtual satellite simulation platform, and scale it to 4K+ virtual entities on EC2 bare-metal infrastructure.

You will own the Graviton virtualization layer, oversee VM lifecycle, provisioning, and deployment, and partner with multiple client teams to drive platform reliability and rapid satellite software releases across the fleet.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of people management experience
• Experience with embedded systems or virtualization
• Experience with distributed systems at scale (AWS services)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CDK, CloudFormation)
• Track record of hiring and developing engineering teams
• BS/MS in CS, EE, or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of embedded engineers building and operating the Graviton bare-metal virtualization layer (KVM/QEMU VM management, subsystem provisioning, health monitoring, fault recovery)
• Partner with 10+ client teams across satellite, ground, networking, and security to drive VirtSat adoption
• Drive platform reliability to 99.96% availability with low latency (<5 min spin-up)
• Own the custom AMI pipeline, provisioning scripts, and plugin framework for satellite software deployment
• Scale platform to 4K+ concurrent virtual entities
• Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent; define technical roadmap for fidelity improvements

Skills

Embedded systems

Linux systems programming

Virtualization (KVM/QEMU)

People management

Cloud infrastructure

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

KVM/QEMU

AWS (EC2/ECS)

CDK/CloudFormation

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking an Embedded Software Development Manager to lead the team building VirtSat, Leo's virtual satellite simulation platform, and scale it to 4K+ virtual entities on EC2 bare-metal infrastructure.

You will own the Graviton virtualization layer, oversee VM lifecycle, provisioning, and deployment, and partner with multiple client teams to drive platform reliability and rapid satellite software releases across the fleet.