Embedded Software Engineer, Merlin Manager

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.

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
* Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive design and bring innovative products and services to market.
* Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
* Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
* Build distributed storage index and query systems that are scalable fault-tolerant low cost and easy to manage/use.
* Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
* Develop software solutions to effectively manage the infrastructure required for secure large-scale operation of our system.
* Take ownership of the complete software development lifecycle encompassing design testing deployment and mission integration.
* Engage in end-to-end participation in major engineering projects collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
* Take the lead in identifying and resolving software architectural deficiencies and facilitating the delivery of higher-quality software at an accelerated pace enabling faster iterations towards the right solution.
* Effectively communicate your ideas to achieve optimal outcomes for both your team and the customer. Encourage diverse perspectives and incorporate feedback to enhance results.
* Drive the adoption of software best practices including security quality and operational excellence.

A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer you will play a crucial role in the advancement of Leos Software capabilities. This entails the development of products that facilitate reliable and high-speed communication with Leo satellites supporting their mission-critical operations. Collaborating with a skilled cross-disciplinary team you will contribute to the development testing production and worldwide implementation of solutions and products that empower Leos expansive global network.

About the team
Our team tackles many critical satellite payload functions including Over-The-Air (OTA) updates hardware fault detection isolation and remediation operational state management buses and devices integrity verifications (ex. PRBS) hardware and software integration. We are looking for an software engineer to participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation and test to operations.

In this role you will:

Own unique embedded software functions through design implementation (in C C RUST or other) test and integration in an embedded Linux or real-time operating system (RTOS) environment.
Write software to control silicon devices using proprietary and standard communication buses such as Interlaken SerDes JESD PCIe I3C I2C SPI RS-422 RS-485 Ethernet etc.
Work closely with hardware teams to support board design bring-up and verification as well as integration and test.
Follow best practices in high reliability embedded software development to ensure very high levels of system reliability and availability.
Debug low-level issues at the intersection of hardware/FPGA/firmware/software on multicore SOCs.

- 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

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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.