Communications Engineer, Simulation and Modeling

About the role

This role is part of Amazon Leo, an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites for global broadband connectivity. The Communications Engineer in Modeling and Simulation is responsible for developing and analyzing system resource allocation techniques to ensure optimal performance.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate complex multi-disciplinary trades involving RF bandwidth and network resource allocation to customers
• Understand and design around hardware/software capabilities and constraints to support a dynamic network topology
• Develop heuristic or solver-based algorithms to continuously improve and efficiently use available resources
• Demonstrate viability through detailed modeling and simulation
• Work with operational teams to ensure implementation

Requirements

• Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, automation engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years of work in satellite system design, modeling, and analysis, or equivalently complex, time-dynamic systems
• 4+ years of work developing code in Matlab, and experience with industry standard coding and regression practices
• Experience conducting and documenting trade studies and design trades

Qualifications

• Good analytical, problem solving, and communication skills
• Ability to work in a small team and drive to go beyond expectations to deliver results

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with satellite systems and operations
• Familiarity with satellite constellation design and management trades
• Experience modeling orbits, reference frames, and efficiently using vector geometry to simulate time-varying relative geometry of satellites and ground nodes
• RF or Communications System design background or solid understanding
• Experience in wireless system design and architecture, system integration, RF system analysis, including use of link budgets for modeling
• Experience with graph theory, bin-packing, network topology analysis, or other applied techniques relevant to NP-hard resource allocation problems
• Some experience with C++ or Python

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit here.