Software Development Engineer- Embedded, OTA Program Team, Amazon Leo

Key job responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions for satellite vehicle systems, implementing best practices in code organization, clarity, and error handling while balancing short and long-term technical needs.
• Contribute to technical architecture decisions and software development for satellite over-the-air update capabilities, ensuring high reliability, performance, and security in a mission-critical environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex support issues, triage bugs, and implement solutions that maintain operational excellence of satellite systems.
• Identify and resolve root causes of persistent problems in satellite software, making existing systems simpler while maintaining robust development practices.

About the team

Our small, tight-knit team carries significant responsibility due to the criticality of the software we own. We take pride in our technical expertise, with each member being a subject matter expert in their core competency. When pressure mounts, we support each other to ensure mission success.

Basic Qualifications

• 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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ 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
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent