FPGA Engineer, Amazon Leo Government
Amazon · El Segundo, CA · Hardware Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Embedded Software Engineer in the software engineering function based in El Segundo, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Linux, Distributed Systems, Data Structures. Compensation is listed at $136,000–$184,000 per year.
- Role
- Embedded Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- El Segundo, CA
- Department
- Hardware Development
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon 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. Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earth's most customer centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in distributed systems and hardware design. As an FPGA engineer on the Leo Government Solutions team you will create FPGA solutions to support Amazon Project Kuiper’s satellite communication system. This is a unique opportunity to define a new system with few legacy constraints. You will work with systems and algorithm teams to define/develop/implement/test/release FPGA-based solutions to enable Project Kuiper. In particular, your work will power high-speed communication links while making use of the latest generations of FPGA technologies, design processes, and tools. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations, partner teams, and end customers. 10037 Key job responsibilities - Create and release FPGAs through the development phases of uArchitecture-RTL Design-Physical Implementation-Timing Closure–Simulation Validation– Lab…