Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Ground Systems Engineering

Amazon 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 under-served communities around the world. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to help us build this service from the ground up.

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.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and support software that keeps a globally deployed fleet of ground terminals healthy and available.
• Build and scale data pipelines and monitoring that enable condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and automated remediation.
• Develop automation for the integration, test, calibration, and release of ground systems software.
• Own the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, mission integration, and operational support.

A day in the life
In this role as a Software Development Engineer, you will design, implement, optimize, and operate systems critical to the uptime and performance of Leo ground terminals. Your contributions will have a direct impact on customers around the world.

About the team
The Leo Ground Systems Engineering team is responsible for the development, deployment, and long-term performance optimization of the Leo satellite Gateway and Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) terminals located around the world. These terminals include full-motion parabolic antennas, radio frequency spectrum monitoring, terminal monitoring and control, and fault management systems. These software-driven distributed systems form the communications backbone for the Leo constellation and must provide the world-class reliability, uptime, and performance our customers expect from Amazon.