Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Satellite Systems

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options/RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking an experienced software engineer to contribute across the full software lifecycle for satellite systems. You will develop embedded code in C/C++/Rust in a real-time OS, design flight software, and collaborate with hardware teams during bring-up and testing.

The role emphasizes mentoring, architecture leadership, and end-to-end responsibilities across requirements, design, implementation, and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 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 software for satellite constellation.
• Interact with devices/electronics using I2C, SPI, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, etc.
• Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and management.

Skills

Software dev

Tech lead

C/C++/Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

I2C/SPI

RS-422/RS-485

Embedded OS

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking an experienced software engineer to contribute across the full software lifecycle for satellite systems. You will develop embedded code in C/C++/Rust in a real-time OS, design flight software, and collaborate with hardware teams during bring-up and testing.

The role emphasizes mentoring, architecture leadership, and end-to-end responsibilities across requirements, design, implementation, and operations.