Amazon
SDE - Embedded Networking, Amazon Leo
$144K–$224K
Austin, TX +2 · Full-time · Posted Dec 18, 2025
- Location
- Austin, TX
Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture; 3+ years of embedded firmware development; 3+ years using embedded Linux, Yocto, and/or RTOS; preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle and 2+ years of manufacturing diagnostics.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 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
Leads the design and development of embedded software for Amazon Leo satellite and ground systems, guiding products from requirements through mass production.
What you'll do
- Lead platform-specific embedded software projects and designs for satellite and ground systems.
- Guide software designs from requirements gathering through mass production, collaborating with internal and external teams.
- Mentor software engineers and respond to high-priority issues.
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.
- 3+ years of embedded firmware development and hands-on experience with networking and/or consumer devices using embedded Linux, Yocto, and/or Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; experience with ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C interfaces, and flash devices is required.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- 2+ years of manufacturing diagnostics experience through production phases such as HVT, EVT, DVT, and PVT.
Pay
165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
embedded Linux, Yocto, Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C, ARM
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