Sr. SDE - Embedded

Saved job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s 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.

The Role

In this role, you will participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation and test to operations. Our team tackles many critical satellite functions: power management, hardware interfaces, command & telemetry, and autonomous control.

Job Responsibilities

- Develop embedded software in C, C++, Rust, or other languages in a real-time operating system environment

- Architect, design, and implement software for satellite constellation

- Write software to interact with devices/electronics using I2C, SPI, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, etc. communications

- Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and flight management

- Work closely with hardware teams to support board bring-up and 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.

Requirements: - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

- 5+ 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