Amazon
Embedded Software Engineer, Amazon Leo Satellite Broadband Terminals
$144K–$194K
Sunnyvale, CA +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA
San Diego, CA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience; preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Develop embedded software for Amazon Leo customer terminals, enabling satellite acquisition and tracking, phased-array control, link management, and terminal integration.
What you'll do
- Implement beam steering, phased-array calibration, and satellite link acquisition, tracking, and handovers.
- Manage RF transmit power and thermal limits; integrate hardware and use telemetry to debug and improve terminals.
- Develop and test embedded software from requirements through deployment, including automated hardware-in-the-loop testing.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C/C++, Python, embedded Linux, RTOS
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