Senior Embedded Systems Engineer — Satellite Constellation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking an experienced software engineer to participate in all phases of software development for our satellite network. You will write embedded software in C/C++/Rust, design for real-time systems, and collaborate with hardware teams for flight code and test.

Qualifications include 5+ years of professional software development, leadership or tech lead experience, and a bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 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

Software development experience

Programming experience

Leadership / tech lead

Mentor / team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking an experienced software engineer to participate in all phases of software development for our satellite network. You will write embedded software in C/C++/Rust, design for real-time systems, and collaborate with hardware teams for flight code and test.

Qualifications include 5+ years of professional software development, leadership or tech lead experience, and a bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent.