Realtime Embedded Flight Software Engineer for Satellite

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. This role involves contributing to software development from requirements to operations for a satellite system in Redmond, WA. You will work with C/C++ in a real-time OS and interface with devices and boards during bring-up and testing.

The team handles power management, hardware interfaces, and autonomous control. Candidates should have 3+ years of professional software experience and a background in system design, with strong

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software in C/C++ for a real-time operating system environment.
• Write software to interact with devices 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 for board bring-up and integration testing.

Skills

Software development

System design

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

RTOS

Embedded development tools

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. This role involves contributing to software development from requirements to operations for a satellite system in Redmond, WA. You will work with C/C++ in a real-time OS and interface with devices and boards during bring-up and testing.

The team handles power management, hardware interfaces, and autonomous control. Candidates should have 3+ years of professional software experience and a background in system design, with strong