Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Kuiper Customer Terminal Software Team

3 weeks ago


Redmond, Washington, United States Amazon Full time

About Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Our Team

We are a team of software engineers responsible for building enterprise and consumer-grade Customer Terminals for Project Kuiper. Our team focuses on developing software for Customer Terminal devices within the Project Kuiper system.

Job Responsibilities

  • Develop embedded software for Customer Terminal devices within the Project Kuiper system.
  • Participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, code, test, and code/test coverage.
  • Developing embedded software in assembly, C, C++, Rust, or other languages.
  • Have in-depth knowledge of real-time embedded software philosophies and practices.
  • Have expertise with Linux and RTOS.
  • Review schematics, logic analyzer, and embedded software (bare-metal) trouble-shooting techniques.
  • Familiarity with cryptography, threat modeling, and secure SDLC, TrustZone, bootloader.
  • Develop embedded software in C, C++, Rust, or other modern languages.
  • Write drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as I2C/I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO, etc.
  • Work closely with hardware teams to support board bring-up and integration testing.

About the Team

The Kuiper Customer Terminal Software Team supports the devices that connect our customers to the Kuiper network. We provide software for both applications and the underlying Linux systems. We work hand in hand with hardware, product, and operations teams to deliver a great experience for our customers.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ 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.

Compensation

The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors, including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.



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