Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link
$168K–$227K
Redmond, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
NORTHRIDGE, CA - Experience
- 5+ years in the areas specified in the basic qualifications; no alternative stated.
- 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
Develops and delivers embedded flight software for satellite optical inter-satellite links, from low-level hardware integration through autonomous operation, testing, deployment, and maintenance in orbit.
What you'll do
- Design reliable, fault-tolerant software and autonomous recovery capabilities for optical links across a satellite constellation.
- Build test, validation, and simulation infrastructure, and manage the embedded software lifecycle through deployment and maintenance.
- Integrate software with satellite hardware and improve safe over-the-air update processes.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 5+ years programming in at least one language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- 5+ years of experience with the Linux networking stack and/or consumer devices using embedded Linux, Yocto, and/or RTOS.
Nice to have
- Embedded software experience for space systems, including optical communication systems, laser terminals, or high-speed serial interfaces.
- Experience with ARM-based SoCs, Linux virtualization (QEMU/KVM), or FPGA-adjacent software development.
Pay
USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary), USA, CA, NORTHRIDGE; USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary), USA, WA, Redmond
Tools
embedded Linux, RTOS (Real Time Operating System), Yocto, QEMU/KVM, ARM-based SoCs, FPGA, Ethernet, PCIe
AI focus
The role develops AI/ML-driven decision-making and AI-driven capabilities for optical links.
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