Sr. Embedded Engineer, Amazon Leo
Amazon · Austin, TX · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Embedded Software Engineer in the software engineering function based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Embedded Systems, Automation and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $183,000–$247,600 per year.
- Role
- Embedded Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- Mar 9, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. 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 We are looking for a Sr. Embedded Engineer to lead platform specific projects and initiatives on Satellite as well as Ground Systems. An ideal candidate would have multi-year experience working on mobile communications (cellular or microwave) and impacting ASIC projects before and after silicon tapeouts. The candidate should be familiar with and have demonstrated experience in kernel programming and/or device drivers, and/or working with peripheral devices. Experience with ethernet, SPI, I3C interfaces, flash devices and other standard protocol based peripherals is highly desired. Experience with ARM based systems, FPGA based components is desired. A day in the life As a senior embedded software engineer on our team, you'll spend…