Embedded Software Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools hospitals businesses and government agencies Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths most customer centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join this ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in distributed systems and software design. Come work at Amazon!

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
* Develop highly reliable flight software ranging from low level control to autonomous system behaviors for RTOS and/or bare-metal environments
* Develop supporting test validation and simulation software infrastructure
* Participate in the full life-cycle of software development from requirements definition and design all the way to deployment and maintenance in orbit
* Work closely with software hardware and systems engineers to support design build integration test and deployment of high speed optical communication systems

A day in the life
As a Software Engineer you will be a member of the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team focusing on the design implementation and verification of software systems to control and monitor high-speed optical communications. You will be responsible for identifying top level requirements and ensuring high quality and innovative designs are pursued while also supporting other Amazon Leo colleagues with improving embedded system designs.

About the team
We are looking for a software engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team of top-notch engineers and collaborate closely with the optical electrical firmware and opto-mechanical development teams.

You should be comfortable with some degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that havent been solved at scale before. Along the way youll learn a lot have fun and make a positive impact on hundreds of millions of people.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
- Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience in embedded development in C/C/Rust/assembly and scripting development in Python

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.