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Embedded Software Engineer, Leo MAC

Posted Aug 4, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$143.7K – $194.4K/yr
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Internship
Experience
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Education
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Visa support
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e.,...

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Role Summary

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The role is part of LEO MAC-SW, developing embedded firmware for ground networks, customer terminals, and satellites in Amazon's Project LEO broadband satellite initiative. The engineer will design, develop, integrate, test, and optimize Kuiper-MAC firmware components in real-time embedded environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop, integrate and bring up Kuiper-MAC FW components/drivers in a real-time embedded environment
  • Define multi-dimensional performance requirements in a cross-functional environment
  • Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet end-to-end use case requirement
  • Build component use-cases/test-cases and debug your code in LEO embedded environment
  • Profile and execute the code on RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded environment
  • Define, document, test and debug your FW-HW interfaces

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Qualifications

Required

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred

  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

Project LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Come work at Amazon!

As a member of LEO MAC-SW, you will be responsible for delivering embedded FW code running on ground networks on customer terminals and on satellites. Come and join the innovative and unique wireless project LEO. You would be focused on designing, developing and testing complete LEO-MAC FW. You will be a key member of a cross functional team of innovators, working on unique wireless technology that will enable millions of people to stay connected.

The Role

Design, develop, integrate and bring up Kuiper-MAC FW components/drivers in a real-time embedded environment
Working in a cross-functional environment to define multi-dimensional performance requirements (e.g., MIPs, memory BW)
Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet end-to-end use case requirement
Build component use-cases/test-cases and debug your code in LEO embedded environment
Profile and execute the code on RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded environment
Contribute in defining services and functionalities delivered by your FW-subsystems
Define, document, test and debug your FW-HW interfaces
Familiarity with SW/FW best practices (e.g., clean architecture, refactoring, …)




Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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