Embedded Software Development Engineer, Commanding and Data Handling

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Key job responsibilities
- Specify design implement test and operationally support high reliability software hosted on satellite for purposes of foundational command and data handling (i.e. command telemetry and file transfer)
- Develop embedded satellite software in Rust C and/or other modern languages
- Develop ground side CI/CD and/or operational support software w/ Python and/or Typescript
Work closely with other software and hardware teams to support on device 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.


A day in the life
You will be building the infrastructure and services required to reliably process and downlink telemetry from the constellation of satellites. Telemetry is a critical component of all missions phases and key to safely operating the constellation. You will design services with a focus on security and reliability. Your work will interface with various subsystems within Leo and Amazon to enable engineers to safely and efficiently operate the the satellite constellation and its supporting ground infrastructure.

About the team
Have you wanted an opportunity to develop software for an advanced satellite broadband telecom service

The Telemetry team owns the on-vehicle software responsible for ingesting telemetry downlinking telemetry and processing it ground-side.

This team will drive the design development deployment and operation of a critical mission system for the Leo constellation from end-to-end. This includes the agent software which interfaces with all hardware subsystems on-vehicle and downlinking. Once the telemetry is ground-side the team also owns processing that telemetry publishing it in real time to mission operators and supporting monitoring/alerting for off-nominal situations.

- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.