Job Description
DESCRIPTION
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. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
Our team focuses on building enterprise and consumer grade Customer Terminals, for use by our customers to access internet through the Project Kuiper.
We are looking for an embedded Software Development Engineer to own, design and develop Customer Terminal system software for Project Kuiper, using embedded Linux, and custom Silicon. Kuiper is breaking new ground with every device we design, and you will be an integral part of bringing this family of products to customers.
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
- Develop embedded software for Customer Terminal devices within the Project Kuiper system.
- Participate in all phases of 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 with real-time embedded software philosophies and practices
- Have expertise with Linux and RTOS
- In-depth experience with networking
- 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.
A day in the life
You will be a leader within a team of embedded SDEs responsible for owning the design of embedded software for Project Kuiper customer terminal products. You will work in a collaborative environment with teams inside and outside of Amazon. You will mentor a team of software engineers on best practices while you guide your software designs from requirements gathering through mass production.
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
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time,