Software Development Manager, Leo Avionics End Points

We are seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the team that owns and builds the embedded firmware forAvionics Endpoints. These endpoints are used for three very mission critical functions - determine and change the spacecrafts attitude (orientation) generating power used by all the onboard systems on the satellite and communication with ground stations on Earth.

Role Summary:

As the SDM for this team you will hire develop and lead a team of SDEs building the flight software for satellites. You will get to work closely with hardware and other software teams to deliver highly optimized fault tolerant mission critical software written in C/Rust/Python . You will also own the strategy and execution of not only the software that runs on the satellite but also lead the design and development of a framework to detect inject and isolate faults on components that spans the entire satellite.

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
People & Team Leadership

-Hire mentor and grow a high-performing team of SDEs.
-Set technical direction and priorities balancing short-term deliverables with long-term architectural investments
-Foster a culture of operational excellence innovation and continuous improvement
-Drive career development for team members providing regular coaching and feedback
-Collaborate cross-functionally with HW & SW SMEs release teams and platform teams to align on roadmaps and dependencies.

A day in the life
As a Software Development Manager you will play a crucial role in the development of services to support the automation of the Leo mission. You will work with a dynamic group of passionate engineers and collaborators across peer teams to identify automation needs design novel solutions that meet customer requirements and write software to automate key behaviors for our constellations space and ground assets. You will be building low-latency highly-scalable architecture to generate and execute our mission plans safely and effectively.

About the team
The Autopilot team builds software which supports the automated planning and execution of satellite activities empowering humans to automate key tasks and take themselves out of the loop as we scale the Leo constellation. We own services that model spacecraft behaviors predict future vehicle state capture operational constraints on our system and generate mission schedules that serve our customers while preserving vehicle health and safety.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering experience
- 8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 1 years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java C# or C experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
- 5 years of Software Engineer Software Developer or related occupational experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

- Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

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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 - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually