Embedded Software Engineer, Optical Inter-Satellite Link

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Northridge, CARedmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 78 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $148,343–$187,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Embedded Software Engineer, Optical Inter-Satellite Link

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Embedded Software Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link will join the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team to focus on the design, implementation, and verification of software systems that control and monitor high-speed optical communications. This role involves developing highly reliable flight software for RTOS or bare-metal environments, ranging from low-level control to autonomous behaviors. The engineer will also build supporting test, validation, and simulation infrastructure while participating in the full software development life cycle, including requirements definition and deployment in orbit. Candidates must possess experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl, along with expertise in Object Oriented Design and multi-threaded distributed systems. This position addresses the technical challenge of developing robust embedded systems for high-speed optical communication networks within a low Earth orbit satellite constellation to facilitate reliable data transmission across space.

What does a Embedded Software Engineer earn?

Median $151500 from 65 postings across 16 companies.

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Skills

RTOS Bare-metal C++ C# Java Perl Object Oriented Design Distributed Systems Source Control Management Simulation Software Optical Communication Systems

What you'll do

Develop highly reliable flight software for RTOS and bare-metal environments.
Create autonomous system behaviors and low-level control software.
Build supporting test, validation, and simulation software infrastructure.
Manage the full software development lifecycle from requirements definition to orbital deployment.
Design and implement software systems to control and monitor high-speed optical communications.
Identify top-level requirements and ensure high-quality, innovative designs for embedded systems.
Support the design, build, integration, and testing of high-speed optical communication systems.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2+ years of experience in design or architecture of new and existing systems including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
1+ years of experience developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, code reviews, source control, and testing.

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