Software Development Manager

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced embedded software engineering leader to guide a team developing Customer Terminal software for Project Leo. You will own technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware, product, and operations teams to deliver reliable, secure software for production environments.

The role requires 3+ years managing engineering teams, hands-on expertise with embedded Linux, Rust, C++, and a strong SDLC

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 3+ years of providing technical leadership across all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with engineering practices for full software/hardware/networks lifecycle, including code reviews and source control.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded software development for Customer Terminal devices.
• Develop embedded software using Rust, C++, and C.
• Oversee SDLC from requirements to production deployment.
• Design state machines and secure compute environments.
• Support deployments and debugging on production systems.
• Create design specifications and technical documentation.

Skills

Team management

Technical leadership

Embedded Linux

SDLC

Tools

Git

Build systems

Job description

Project Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Development and testing with embedded Linux
• Develop embedded software functions for Customer Terminal devices within the Project Leo system
• Developing embedded software utilizing Rust, C++, C
• Participate in all phases of SDLC: requirements, design, coding, test, deployment and production system
• Development of software in a secure compute environment
• State machine design and analysis
• Support Customer Terminal deployments operations and debugging on production systems
• Technical writing of design specifications

A day in the life

As part of our software engineering team, you will lead a team of embedded software developers, and design software for Leo Customer Terminal platforms in R&D and commercial operation. You will work in a collaborative environment with teams in Leo Customer Terminal hardware development, software development and operations. You need to be flexible and responsive to fast changing priorities and issues. You will work on Customer Terminal issues on production system platforms.

About the team

The Leo Customer Terminal Software Team develops and supports the devices that connect Leo subscribers to the Leo network. We provide software for the Leo Customer Terminal platform, applications and underlying Linux system. We work hand in hand with hardware engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver commercial grade services for our Leo subscribers.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 3+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, TX, Austin - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually