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# Software Development Engineer, GNC Software, Amazon Leo

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Computer Programming, Embedded Software, Software Engineering, System Software, Information Technology, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10515667/software-development-engineer-gnc-software-amazon-leo

## About the Role

3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

 - Experience programming with at least one software programming language, Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

## Description

As a Guidance, Navigation, and Control software engineer, you will develop real-time, embedded software that flies the satellite; ground-based applications that predict orbital state, monitor for potential collisions, and optimize maneuvers; high fidelity modeling and simulation software; and all sorts of infrastructure needed to develop and operate the system. Because GNC is the heart of the satellite flight system, you will frequently be pulled in to help with a broad spectrum of problems standing in the way of satellite integration and test, manufacturing, and even flight operations.

A day in the life
This is an opportunity to play a significant role in the design of an entirely new satellite system with challenging performance requirements. The large, integrated constellation brings opportunities for advanced capabilities that need investigation and development. Scale also puts emphasis on engineering excellence so our tools and methods, from conceptualization through manufacturing and all phases of test, will be state of the art as will the satellite and supporting infrastructure on the ground. You will split time working well defined SW projects needed by the program on a schedule, prototyping design concepts that may or may not make it to production, participating in component and satellite level testing, and helping with flight operations.

About the team
Our team has experience with various satellite systems and many other flight vehicles. We have bench strength in our mission, the core Guidance, Navigation, and Control disciplines, and software development for flight and other systems. We design, prototype, test, iterate and learn together. Because GNC is central to safe flight, we tend to drive Concepts of Operation and many system level analyses. You will find that Amazon Leo's mission is compelling, so our program is staffed with some of the top engineers in the industry. Our daily collaboration with other teams on the program brings constant opportunity for discovery, learning, and growth.


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