Amazon · 7 hours ago
Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link
Northridge, California, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $227K/yr
5+ years expAmazon is an initiative focused on increasing global broadband access through a constellation of satellites. The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will develop highly reliable flight software and work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to support the design and deployment of high-speed optical communication systems.
RetailArtificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceLogisticsDeliveryFoundational AI
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop highly reliable flight software, ranging from low level control to autonomous system behaviors for RTOS and/or bare-metal environments
Develop supporting test, validation, and simulation software infrastructure
Participate in the full life-cycle of software development, from requirements definition and design all the way to deployment and maintenance in orbit
Work closely with software, hardware and systems engineers to support design, build, integration, test, and deployment of high speed optical communication systems
Qualification
Required
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
Experience in embedded development in C/C++/Rust/assembly and scripting development in Python
Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
Experience with professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Benefits
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
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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