Senior Software Development Engineer, Embedded Satellite Software

Amazon Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$168,100–$227,400 / yr
Posted
98 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $198k
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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 · Senior Software Development Engineer, Embedded Satellite Software

As a Sr. SDE, Embedded Satellite SW on the Leo Avionics team, you will develop low-level flight software for satellite hardware including flight computers, power processing devices, and various sensors and actuators. You will be responsible for writing specifications, designing documents, and developing fault-tolerant software specifically designed for radiation environments. Your daily work involves decomposing avionics system requirements into embedded software requirements, reviewing schematics, and managing state machine development. To succeed in this role, you must be proficient in C, Rust, or assembly while applying bare metal and real-time embedded software practices. You will utilize tools such as logic analyzers and oscilloscopes for troubleshooting. The core of your work involves solving complex technical challenges related to reliable platform software and hardware integration within a low Earth orbit satellite network.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $169050 from 111 postings across 5 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop low-level embedded software for satellite hardware using C, C++, Rust, or assembly.
  • Implement bare metal and real-time embedded software systems.
  • Decompose avionics system requirements into specific embedded software requirements based on schematics.
  • Design and verify state machines and fault-tolerant software for radiation environments.
  • Debug hardware and software issues using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and bare-metal troubleshooting techniques.
  • Manage the full software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, and testing.
  • Create technical specifications and design documents for flight computer 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.
  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
  • Experience programming in C.
  • Experience writing embedded software for bare metal or RTOS systems.
  • Bachelor's degree (preferred); experience with Rust, assembly, real-time control systems, fault handling, or Linux kernel development (preferred).

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