# Senior Satellite GNC Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is building a constellation of thousands of low Earth orbit satellites. It will bring fast, reliable internet to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. On the Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) team, you will design the algorithms, simulations and onboard autonomy that keep every satellite precisely pointed and stable. Your work lets the payload serve customers on the ground, and it keeps the fleet flying safely. This is satellite GNC at constellation scale. The constellation is launching and growing today, so you will see your work go from concept to orbit, and then fly on many satellites. In this role, you will: - Take your GNC algorithms from concept to orbit, and stay with them through integration, test and on-orbit operations. - Write the production C++ flight code for your own algorithms. The code that flies is the code you write. - Solve hard problems in precise pointing, payload cueing and fleet autonomy. - Work across design, simulation, test and flight operations, not a narrow slice of the lifecycle. **Export Control Requirement:** Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent

- **Id**: 4100690
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-senior-satellite-gnc-engineer-amazon-leo>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T21:39:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T21:39:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7338
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4525
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.887
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 159200
- **Max**: 215300
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 215300

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T21:39:47Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T02:23:44Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 215300
- **Is top pay**: yes

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