Software Development Engineer, ACE

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Key job responsibilities
- Specify design implement test and operationally support high reliability software hosted on satellite for purposes of foundational command and data handling (i.e. command telemetry and file transfer)
- Develop embedded satellite software in Java Go and/or other modern languages
- Develop ground side CI/CD and/or operational support software w/ Python and/or Typescript
Work closely with other software and hardware teams to support on device integration testing


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.


A day in the life
You will be building the infrastructure and services required to configurations management of the Amazon Leo hardware (constellation of satellites and ground antennas). You will design services with a focus on scalability and meeting stakeholders needs. Your work will interface with various subsystems within Project Kuiper and Amazon to enable engineers to safely and efficiently operate the the satellite constellation and its supporting ground infrastructure.

About the team
The ACE team owns the ground services software responsible that own configurations to operate the Amazon Leo network (constellation of satellites and ground antennas).

This team will drive the design development deployment and operation of a critical mission system for the Kuiper constellation from end-to-end.

- 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

- 5 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science 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 - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually