Embedded Software Engineer, Optical Inter-Satellite Link

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast affordable broadband to a wide range of customers including consumers businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop embedded software in C/C/Rust and assembly for RTOS and/or bare-metal environments
- Participate in the full life-cycle of development from planning all the way to deployment and maintenance stages
- Develop highly reliable embedded software from low level to flight control and management application level
- Work closely with hardware and systems engineers to support board-bring up and design of control algorithms
Export Control Requirements
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.

A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer you will be a member of the optical inter-satellite link (OISL) and Star Tracker team focusing on the design implementation and verification of software systems to control and monitor high-rate 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 reviewing and improving other embedded system designs.

About the team
We are looking for an 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 a high 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.

- Knowledge of Python and/or C programming
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- 3 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

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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 WA Redmond - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually