Sr. Software Development Engineer - Flight SW, Amazon Leo Flight Software Team

Amazon.com, Inc.•Redmond, WA

38d

About The Position

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. In this role, you will bring that vision to life by designing, developing and testing the embedded software that controls individual satellites. The Role In this role, you will work in a team responsible for embedded software for the Flight Software team of Leo satellites. 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. Our focuses are on reliability, safety, and security.

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
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.

Nice To Haves

5+ 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

Responsibilities

Develop embedded software in assembly, C, C++, or other languages in a real-time operating system environment
Develop embedded kernel/ Device driver
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
Work closely with engineers to architect and deliver the best technical designs and approaches.

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