Embedded Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo Antenna Development

Amazon • Redmond, WA

1d • $143,700 - $194,400 • Onsite

About The Position

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. LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

In this role, you will build software, tools, and automation that help engineering teams design, debug, validate, and operate complex satellite RF systems. You'll work across the stack — from embedded Linux services to cloud-based test infrastructure — creating solutions that accelerate hardware bring-up, streamline factory calibration, and improve system reliability. You don't need to be an RF expert on day one, but you should be a strong software engineer who learns fast and is comfortable going deep into unfamiliar domains. Over time, you'll develop working knowledge of embedded Linux, 3GPP fundamentals, gNodeB architecture, and RF system concepts.

This is an individual contributor role for someone who thrives on ambiguous technical problems, builds tools that make other engineers more productive, and wants direct impact on how satellite communication systems go from prototype to production.

About the team - The Amazon LEO Antenna SW Team develops software for the satellite payload antenna systems. We build the services, actors, and infrastructure that control antenna hardware — from VCXO clock disciplining to beamforming to factory calibration. We work hand in hand with hardware, RF, and systems engineering teams to bring antenna systems from prototype to orbit.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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
• Experience with Linux operating system, embedded systems, consumer devices, or mobile apps
• Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software (Rust/C/C++) for Kuiper antenna systems
• Design and implement reliable services and daemons that run on resource-constrained hardware
• Participate in hardware bring-up, board validation, and factory test development
• Own software from requirements through deployment — including design, implementation, testing, and CI/CD
• Collaborate with hardware, RF, and systems engineering teams
• Review schematics, logic analyzer, and embedded software (bare-metal) troubleshooting techniques.

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level