Senior Software Engineer, Optical LEO Inter-Sat Link

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon LEO's Optical Inter-Satellite Link team is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design and implement switch-management software and the networking stack across the satellite constellation. You will work with hardware, optics, systems, and operations engineers to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems on embedded Linux.

You will also build observability tooling and drive software disciplines for reliability, scalability, and mission assurance in a

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 of new and existing systems.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Experience with a switch SDK and L2 networking protocols, including RSTP, BFD, MPLS, and ARP.
• Experience developing embedded and low-level networking software systems in C/C++ or Rust.
• Experience developing embedded software for space systems, including optical communication systems, laser terminals, or high-speed serial interfaces.
• Experience with ARM-based SoCs

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance the switch-management software enabling deterministic, low-latency packet forwarding across the constellation.
• Design and optimize networking layers of flight software for optical inter-satellite link systems on embedded Linux.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems and the networking stack.
• Build and extend operational tooling for network diagnostics and observability to enable rapid fault isolation and performance trending across the satellite mesh.

Skills

Software development

System design

Leadership

SDN/networking

C/C++ or Rust

Embedded software

ARM SoCs

Job description

Amazon LEO's Optical Inter-Satellite Link team is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design and implement switch-management software and the networking stack across the satellite constellation. You will work with hardware, optics, systems, and operations engineers to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems on embedded Linux.

You will also build observability tooling and drive software disciplines for reliability, scalability, and mission assurance in a