Power Avionics Hardware Test Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network, aiming to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. We are looking for a technically strong engineer who excels at hands-on problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, and driving manufacturing and test excellence at scale.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineering liaison between production, test, and design teams, triaging and resolving hardware testing and manufacturing issues in real time.
• Optimize manufacturing test flows for avionics systems, improving measurement quality, test efficiency, throughput, and robustness.
• Review and approve manufacturing processes and work instructions for assembly and test of avionics hardware.
• Lead disposition and corrective action for non-conformances during production test.
• Lead MRB activities for PCBA and subsystem-level hardware and work directly with development engineers to drive RCCA.
• Create and deliver training, troubleshooting guides, and improved work instructions to reduce recurring support burdens on your team.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair test setups for avionics systems in production.
• Partner with test engineering to improve test architecture, reduce cycle time, and ensure high-quality data capture.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering to reduce workmanship errors and strengthen process capability.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing KPI reporting tools, including yield trends, test escape analysis, cycle times, nonconformance velocity, and equipment performance.
• Travel to contract manufacturers (

Qualifications

The basic qualifications for this role include:

• 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with prototyping and implementation
• 3+ years of experience in a design, test, or manufacturing engineering role supporting electronic hardware products
• Experience developing or supporting manufacturing test flows and automation within space, automotive, industrial, or consumer electronics industries
• Experience performing root cause analysis on electronic assemblies, including component-level and system-level debugging

Preferred qualifications include:

• Knowledge of SolidWorks simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools
• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• 4+ years of experience in a design, test, or manufacturing engineering role supporting electronic hardware products across lifecycle
• Experience leading hardware debug spanning hardware design, firmware, and production teams
• Experience with space hardware qualification and test campaigns
• Experience with statistical process control (Cpk, Ppk, yield analysis, Monte Carlo, etc.)
• Strong understanding of PCBA fabrication, assembly, DFM, and PCBA-level testing
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up and debug using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, SMUs, DMMs, etc.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for manufacturing data analysis, yield improvements, KPI dashboards, or test automation

About The Team

Our team is responsible for designing and delivering power avionics subsystems such as propulsion control, solar array deployment and control, and magnetorquer bars. We take ownership and work hard to deliver the highest quality solutions to support the long-term success of Amazon Leo.

Benefits

Amazon 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.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $117,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually. 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.