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Job Ref:

3173269871

Employer:

Network Company Name:

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC Industry:

Information Technology Job Type:

Full Time State:

Washington City:

Redmond Zip Code:

98052

Post Date:

09/13/2026 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: Own the custom AMI pipeline, provisioning scripts, and plugin framework that deploy satellite software onto emulated LRUs Scale the platform to 4K+ concurrent virtual entities Hire, develop, and retain top embedded engineering talent Define technical roadmap for fidelity improvements (HSM crypto emulation, EFUSE emulation, CAN bus simulation, error injection frameworks) Reduce HITL dependency by expanding the scope of tests that run on

VirtSat 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of people management, managing engineers experience
• Experience with embedded systems, Linux systems programming, or virtualization (KVM/QEMU)
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale (AWS services
• EC2, ECS, Step Functions, DynamoDB)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CDK, CloudFormation)
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering teams
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing teams that own both service infrastructure and embedded/guest-OS layers
• Experience with ARM64/Graviton bare-metal instances
• Experience with QEMU device emulation or custom QEMU plugins
• Experience with network virtualization (WireGuard, Transit Gateway, IPAM)
• Familiarity with satellite systems, HITL test environments, or simulation platforms
• Experience with embedded Linux (Yocto, systemd, device trees, boot processes)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (Hydra, Spock), and developer tooling
• Experience with Rust for systems programming
• Experience with certificate provisioning, secure boot, or HSM interfaces Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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• 184 200.

00 USD annually