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Embedded Software Engineer, Leo MAC, Leo MAC

Amazon Redmond, Washington, United States


No Relocation

Posted: May 19, 2026

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Description
  • Project LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the
Description
  • Project LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Come work at Amazon! As a member of LEO MAC-SW, you will be responsible for delivering embedded FW code running on ground networks on customer terminals and on satellites. Come and join the innovative and unique wireless project LEO. You would be focused on designing, developing and testing complete LEO-MAC FW. You will be a key member of a cross functional team of innovators, working on unique wireless technology that will enable millions of people to stay connected. The Role Design, develop, integrate and bring up Kuiper-MAC FW components/drivers in a real-time embedded environment Working in a cross-functional environment to define multi-dimensional performance requirements (e.g., MIPs, memory BW) Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet end-to-end use case requirement Build component use-cases/test-cases and debug your code in LEO embedded environment Profile and execute the code on RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded environment Contribute in defining services and functionalities delivered by your FW-subsystems Define, document, test and debug your FW-HW interfaces Familiarity with SW/FW best practices (e.g., clean architecture, refactoring, …) 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.
Basic Qualifications
  • - 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 - 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience - 2+ years of embedded firmware development experience - 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles - Experience in embedded development in C/C++
Preferred Qualifications