Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $168,100–$227,400 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k

This role $198k

$142k most similar roles pay here $237k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $161,500–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $198k versus about $185k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Amazon Inc

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

Amazon Inc currently has 457 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,700–$194,400 across 447 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Embedded Software Engineer

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As a Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Leo Autopilot, you will join the Autopilot team to develop software supporting the automated planning and execution of satellite activities. You will work with peer teams and customers to design suitable systems that fulfill mission needs while modeling spacecraft behaviors, predicting vehicle states, and capturing operational constraints to generate mission schedules. Your daily responsibilities include building low-latency, highly-scalable architecture to automate key behaviors for space and ground assets, leading technical roadmap definitions, and mentoring new team members. You will develop cloud native software systems using Java and Python while utilizing AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-availability services. This role focuses on the specific domain of automating satellite operations to ensure vehicle health and safety as the constellation scales.

What does a Embedded Software Engineer earn?

Median $151500 from 65 postings across 16 companies.

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Skills

Java Python AWS Cloud Native Design Patterns Source Control Management Scalable Architecture

What you'll do

Design and develop cloud-native software systems using Java and Python.
Build highly-available software services utilizing AWS and other Amazon technologies.
Develop performant software systems that meet specific mission criteria and requirements.
Lead technical roadmap definition efforts to determine features and performance improvements.
Create low-latency, highly-scalable architecture for automated satellite planning and execution.
Write software to automate key behaviors for space and ground assets.
Mentor new team members and provide leadership as a technical lead.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience is required.
5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language is required.
5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems is required.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team is required.
5+ years of full software development life cycle experience is preferred.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent is preferred.
Proficiency in Java and Python for developing cloud native software systems is required.

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