Senior Embedded Software Lead – Satellite Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking experienced embedded software engineers to join our satellite software team in the United States. You will participate in requirements, implementation, testing, and operations for real-time systems.

Work with hardware teams to bring up boards, write device drivers and flight applications in C/C++ and Rust within an RTOS, and help design software for a satellite constellation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software in C, C++, Rust, or other languages in a real-time operating system environment.
• Architect, design, and implement software for satellite constellation.
• Write software to interact with devices/electronics using I2C, SPI, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, etc. communications.
• Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and flight management.
• Work closely with hardware teams to support board bring-up and integration testing.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

I2C

SPI

RS-422

RS-485

Ethernet

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking experienced embedded software engineers to join our satellite software team in the United States. You will participate in requirements, implementation, testing, and operations for real-time systems.

Work with hardware teams to bring up boards, write device drivers and flight applications in C/C++ and Rust within an RTOS, and help design software for a satellite constellation.