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Senior Software Engineer , VirtSat Team

Amazon.com Inc
  • Redmond, WA
    10 days ago

    Job Description

    Amazon Leo 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.

    We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate the VirtSat platform - Leo"s virtual satellite environment that enables teams to develop, test, and validate satellite software at scale without requiring physical hardware. VirtSat provides high-fidelity emulation of satellite subsystems on cloud infrastructure, serving 70+ downstream pipelines and enabling continuous integration of embedded flight software.

    In this role, you will work across the full VirtSat stack - building cloud services that orchestrate virtual satellite lifecycle, developing QEMU-based hardware emulation plugins, implementing provisioning workflows on AWS, and creating tooling that bridges virtualized environments with real hardware-in-the-loop testing. You will leverage best-in-industry software engineering practices to deliver a platform that is reliable, scalable, and enables satellite software teams to move faster with confidence.

    You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative peer environment working across embedded software, cloud services, and test automation teams.

    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

    Key Job Responsibilities

    • Design and implement cloud services that provision, manage and deploy satellite entities using AWS technologies (EC2 metal instances, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Lambda)
    • Develop and maintain provisioning workflows (CreateEntity, PowerOnEntity, ProvisionEntity) that orchestrate the full entity lifecycle - from instance launch through embedded software deployment to test-readiness
    • Build and extend QEMU-based hardware emulation plugins that provide high-fidelity satellite subsystem behavior (transporter, HSM, networking, sensors)
    • Design automated monitoring, alarming, and self-healing mechanisms to maintain platform availability above 99.5%
    • Develop tooling that enables test execution across multiple environments: virtualized satellites, hardware-in-the-loop flatsats, and on-orbit vehicles
    • Implement pre-validation, fail-fast patterns, and retry mechanisms that improve provisioning reliability and reduce wasted workflow time
    • Drive root cause analysis on platform failures, implement fixes, and build regression prevention into the system
    • Mentor junior engineers, lead design reviews, and evangelize engineering excellence practices across the team

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationRedmond, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
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    Skills

    • AWS Lambdaunmatched
    • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)unmatched
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Broadbandunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Embedded Softwareunmatched
    • Failure Analysisunmatched
    • Hardware Virtualizationunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Reliability Engineeringunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Software Designunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Software Testingunmatched
    • Software Validationunmatched
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Test Automationunmatched
    • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • United States Citizenunmatched
    • Virtualizationunmatched
    • Web Client Plug-insunmatched

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