Amazon
Software Development Engineer - Embedded, Flight Computer Software
$144K–$194K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- 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
- Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, 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 and operate embedded flight-computer software for Amazon Leo satellites, including device interfaces, drivers, and flight-management applications.
What you'll do
- Develop embedded software in assembly, C, C++, or other languages in a real-time operating system environment.
- Write device-interaction software and drivers for flight code and flight management.
- Work with hardware teams on board bring-up and integration 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
assembly, C, C++, I2C, SPI, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet
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