Satellite Hardware Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. As an Electrical Hardware Design Engineer, you will engage with a world-class cross-disciplinary team to design innovative solutions. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Amazon Leo to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and optimization. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Decompose system-level requirements into realizable hardware requirements.
• Design and develop solutions that meet these requirements.
• Design, develop, and optimize electrical hardware for use in space.
• Simulate and optimize EE circuits, perform schematic capture, and oversee layout.
• Build up test benches for design verification.
• Evaluate and optimize designs in the lab to demonstrate compliance with system requirements.
• Work with RF system, power, software, mechanical, thermal, reliability, and compliance teams to ensure the solution integrates with overall platform requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of experience in electrical circuit design, such as RF biases, MCUs, re-scalers, LDOs, power sequencers, motor drivers, monitor and control, digital interfaces, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of electrical architectures.
• 2+ years of experience with board bring-up and design verification test using EE lab equipment such as power supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.
• Experience in analog electrical circuit design.
• Experience in bias circuits design for RF amplifiers.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering.
• Experience with designing for airborne or space applications.
• Experience with complex board designs, such as high-speed interconnects, high-reliability designs, avionics, vehicle control systems, and/or motor & actuator control electronics.

Pay

USA, WA, Redmond - $136,000.00 - $184,000.00 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for supplemental life plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and 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.