Software Development Manager, Leo Flight Software Team

We are looking for an Embedded Software Development Manager to lead the team building and scaling VirtSat — Leo's virtual satellite simulation platform. KSS enables developers and pipelines across Leo to create, provision, and test virtual satellites, ground gateways, customer terminals, and TT&C antennas on EC2 bare-metal infrastructure running KVM/QEMU. You will own the Graviton virtualization layer and lead the team responsible for VM lifecycle, LRU boot, subsystem provisioning, and software deployment for every virtual entity in the constellation. You'll work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, embedded Linux, and satellite operations — leading the team that builds the platform every Leo satellite software release is tested on before launch.

• Key job responsibilities
• * Lead a team of embedded engineers building and operating the Graviton bare-metal virtualization layer (KVM/QEMU VM management, subsystem provisioning, health monitoring, and fault recovery)
• * Partner with 10+ client teams across satellite, ground, networking, and security organizations to drive VirtSat adoption
• * Drive platform reliability to 99.96% availability with optimized latency (target: https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Redmond - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually