Senior Space Networking & Embedded Systems Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon LEO is building a constellation of satellites to deliver fast, affordable broadband worldwide. As a Software Engineer on the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team, you will design, implement, and optimize the networking stack and switch fabric that routes traffic across the constellation.

You will work with hardware, optics, firmware, and operations teams to deploy high-speed optical communications, embedded Linux drivers, and tooling for diagnostics, monitoring, and fault-finding in space

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance the switch-management software — from translating routes received from a centralized SDN controller into forwarding-table entries, to building MAC-learning and loop-prevention logic for a redundant switch topology — that enables deterministic, low-latency packet forwarding across the constellation
• Design and optimize the networking layers of flight software for optical inter-satellite link systems, spanning network device drivers and protocol implementations on embedded Linux
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including hardware, optics, systems, communications, and operations engineers — to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems and the networking stack that underpins space-based connectivity
• Build and extend operational tooling for network diagnostics and observability — including routing-table inspection, packet capture and analysis, structured logging, and metrics emission — that enables rapid fault isolation and performance trending across the satellite mesh

Skills

Software development

Design/architecture leadership

Mentoring / tech lead

C/C++ or Rust

Networking protocols

Embedded systems

Tools

Switch SDK

L2 networking

Job description

Amazon LEO is building a constellation of satellites to deliver fast, affordable broadband worldwide. As a Software Engineer on the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team, you will design, implement, and optimize the networking stack and switch fabric that routes traffic across the constellation.

You will work with hardware, optics, firmware, and operations teams to deploy high-speed optical communications, embedded Linux drivers, and tooling for diagnostics, monitoring, and fault-finding in space