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Embedded Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link

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3 days ago
Redmond, WA, USA +2 moreMid Level
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Base Salary

$144k - $224k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and enhance switch-management software for deterministic, low-latency packet forwarding across the satellite constellation.
  • Design and optimize networking layers, device drivers, and protocol implementations for optical inter-satellite link flight software on embedded Linux.
  • Collaborate with hardware, optics, systems, communications, and operations engineers to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems.
  • Build operational tooling for routing-table inspection, packet capture and analysis, structured logging, and metrics emission.
  • Design, debug, verify, and commission networking and optical-link software for satellite operations.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Experience with Linux and networking protocols.
  • Preferred: experience developing embedded software for space systems, optical communication systems, laser terminals, or high-speed serial interfaces.
  • Preferred: experience with ARM-based SoCs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, AD&D, EAP, mental health, and medical advice benefits.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the Amazon package.
  • Position is available in Northridge and Sunnyvale, California, and Redmond, Washington.

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Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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