Drimva

Amazon

Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Leo Payload Radio

$168K–$227K

Redmond, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Dec 2, 2025

Location
Redmond, WA
San Diego, CA
Experience
5+ years for each of the stated software development, programming, and design/architecture experience criteria.
Education
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 and operate embedded software for satellite payload radio, mode management, and security across the satellite lifecycle.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, test, and integrate embedded software in an embedded Linux system.
  • Work with hardware teams on board design, bring-up, verification, integration, and testing.
  • Develop reliable satellite software for payload communication and security.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of programming experience with at least one programming language.
  • 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.

Nice to have

  • 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Pay

168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

C, C++, embedded Linux

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