Software Development Engineer, Flight Software AI

Description Are you ready to work at the intersection of advanced spacecraft flight software and AI-native engineering? We are reinventing how flight software is built for Amazon's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation — bringing AI-native development to one of the most demanding real-time domains in engineering. Our toolkit spans agentic development workflows, coding agents (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex), agent harnesses, and the LLM optimization that powers them — applied to software that flies. The Role You will own the full software development lifecycle, end to end. This is greenfield territory: no playbook exists for AI-native flight software development, and you will help write it. We're looking for pioneers eager to lead this transformation. You won't do it alone — you'll work alongside distinguished engineers from the front lines of the space industry with 20+ years of flight software experience, and seasoned LLM engineers, all committed to coaching, mentoring, and growing new talent. Bring solid engineering fundamentals and the heart of a lion; we'll provide the rest. Responsibilities Build, deploy, and optimize AI-native development systems — agentic workflows, agent harnesses, and LLM optimization — for flight software in the space industry Develop embedded software in C/C++ on a real-time operating system (RTOS), and cloud software on Linux Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and flight management Partner closely with hardware teams on board bring-up and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) integration testing 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. Key job responsibilities Are you ready to work at the intersection of advanced spacecraft flight software and AI-native engineering? We are reinventing how flight software is built for Amazon's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation — bringing AI-native development to one of the most demanding real-time domains in engineering. Our toolkit spans agentic development workflows, coding agents (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex), agent harnesses, and the LLM optimization that powers them — applied to software that flies. The Role You will own the full software development lifecycle, end to end. This is greenfield territory: no playbook exists for AI-native flight software development, and you will help write it. We're looking for pioneers eager to lead this transformation. You won't do it alone — you'll work alongside distinguished engineers from the front lines of the space industry with 20+ years of flight software experience, and seasoned LLM engineers, all committed to coaching, mentoring, and growing new talent. Bring solid engineering fundamentals and the heart of a lion; we'll provide the rest. Responsibilities - Build, deploy, and optimize AI-native development systems — agentic workflows, agent harnesses, and LLM optimization — for flight software in the space industry - Develop embedded software in C/C++ on a real-time operating system (RTOS), and cloud software on Linux - Write device drivers and system applications for flight code and flight management - Partner closely with hardware teams on board bring-up and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) integration testing Basic qualifications - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language Preferred qualifications - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit 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 - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually