Embedded Software Dev Engineer III, Amazon Leo for Government - Leo Modem Module Software Team
Amazon · Redmond, WA
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Jul 2, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role involves writing and optimizing embedded software for satellite and ground terminal hardware within a low Earth orbit internet network serving government customers. Day-to-day work spans fault-tolerant real-time systems on Embedded Linux and RTOS platforms, hardware-software integration, networking protocol implementation, and debugging with lab instruments. The position suits an experienced engineer comfortable mentoring others and working across hardware, systems, and product teams on mission-critical applications. U.S. citizenship is required.
Senior level · 5+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 100–350
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is posted under three possible locations — Northridge, CA; Arlington, VA; and Redmond, WA — with onsite 5 days/week required at whichever site. The CBSA is reported as Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Northridge) as the first-listed location; the Arlington, VA (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA 47900) and Redmond, WA (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CBSA 42660) metros are equally valid.
The posting requires the candidate to be a U.S. Citizen for export-control compliance, but does not explicitly gate on holding or obtaining a security clearance — clearance is set to None accordingly.
The title 'Device Software Development Engineer' carries no seniority modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the 5+ years of experience requirement combined with mentorship, tech-lead, and design/architecture ownership duties supports a Senior classification.
The JD names no specific programming language beyond generic 'at least one software programming language'; no language skill was emitted to avoid inventing a requirement not stated.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science is listed only under Preferred Qualifications ('or equivalent'), so the degree requirement is set to None.
CI/CD and Git are inferred from the preferred 'full software development life cycle, including source control management, build processes' language — listed under Preferred Qualifications and therefore marked as preferred.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): embedded software development.
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