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Software I&T Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link

Northridge, California, United States💼 Full-time💰 $143,700–$194,400🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, implement, and verify software systems to control and monitor high-speed optical communications for Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network.

Role type

Software Engineering in Test (SDET) for optical inter-satellite link systems

Builds

Test, validation, and simulation software infrastructure for satellite optical communication systems

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / Optical Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

software development testing, test automation frameworks, modern programming (Java/C++/C#), object-oriented design, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, platform-level security hardening

Preferred skills

system architecture knowledge, scalability, reliability, performance in database environments, security in service-oriented architectures

Technologies

Java, C++, C#, Linux, Windows

Responsibilities

Develop highly reliable software for device control and test automation; build supporting test, validation, and simulation software infrastructure; participate in the full software development life-cycle from requirements to deployment; collaborate with hardware and systems engineers on optical communication systems

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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