Senior SDE, Firmware, Satellite Engineering and Mechanical Development

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.

Amazons Leo Satellite Engineering and Mechanical Development team is at the forefront of satellite design and development. We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to design and implement automated test systems for verifying satellite hardware and components.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience writing firmware to control electric motors interface with a wide variety of sensors and communicate with larger system architectures. This role requires the ability to work effectively both independently and within multidisciplinary teams including close collaboration with satellite hardware engineering groups.

Key job responsibilities
- Author functional requirements design verification plans and test procedures
- Execute product designs which meet the requirements
- Build and test electromechanical subsystem prototypes and integrated systems
- Support product releases to manufacturing and customer deployments
- Work efficiently to support fast-paced schedules

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 4 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- Knowledge of Python and/or C programming
- Experience in embedded development in C/C or experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Masters degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

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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 - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually