Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

About the role

Come work at Amazon! We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space-based systems design. Help solve difficult and rewarding development challenges in building highly reliable, power-efficient, and low-cost satellite avionics.

Our team tackles many critical satellite functions including power management, hardware interfaces, command & telemetry, and autonomous control. We are looking for a software engineer to participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation, test, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software in Rust, C, C++, or other modern languages.
• Write device drivers and system applications for various satellite systems.
• Write software to interact with micro-controllers.
• Work closely with other software and hardware teams to support board bring-up and integration testing.
• Design and develop software with a high bar on security.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience and technical knowledge of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

USA, WA, Redmond - $168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually.