Senior Software Engineer, AI-Driven Satellite Manufacturing

Amazon; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. We seek a Senior Software Development Engineer to architect workflow automation platforms connecting Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Readiness, Process Qualification, Production, Quality, Test and Operations into a unified digital thread.

The role focuses on building production software that integrates satellite build data, test outcomes, inspection signals, and on-orbit telemetry, with AI-native workflows and rigorous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 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.
• Experience designing or building software systems that use generative AI, machine learning, search, or retrieval-based techniques.
• Experience working with customers, stakeholders, or partner teams to clarify requirements and deliver software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of major components of Leo's manufacturing intelligence platform.
• Convert ambiguous manufacturing, quality, and test problems into clear technical options, written designs, delivery plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Build production software that connects satellite build data, test outcomes, inspection signals, quality records, supplier data, engineering changes, and on-orbit telemetry.
• Design AI-native workflows that combine deterministic software, retrieval systems, foundation models, agentic tool use, human review, auditability, and safety guardrails.
• Create evaluation mechanisms that measure AI workflow quality before production use, including accuracy, groundedness, confidence, escalation behavior, latency, and regression risk.
• Define APIs, data contracts, integration patterns, and reusable platform primitives that partner teams can build on.
• Lead design reviews and code reviews across the team and adjacent teams.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen the team through technical guidance, mechanisms, and hands-on code contributions.

Skills

5+ years software development

5+ years programming

5+ years architecture/design

Mentor / tech lead

Generative AI / ML concepts

Customer/stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. We seek a Senior Software Development Engineer to architect workflow automation platforms connecting Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Readiness, Process Qualification, Production, Quality, Test and Operations into a unified digital thread.

The role focuses on building production software that integrates satellite build data, test outcomes, inspection signals, and on-orbit telemetry, with AI-native workflows and rigorous