Satellite Hardware Development Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

As a Hardware Development Engineer on the Amazon LEO (Low Earth Orbit) initiative, you will lead the design workstream for innovative gateway systems that provide low‑latency, high‑speed broadband to unserved and underserved communities worldwide. You will collaborate with experienced sub‑teams and third‑party suppliers to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and testing, while understanding how your design decisions impact downstream partners such as operations, supply chain, product management, and reliability. Amazon strongly believes in ownership, giving you the opportunity to own your designs from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Own the ground gateway gigabit data rate modem design from concept through production
• Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub‑systems
• Design digital circuitry supporting various protocols in collaboration with various teams
• Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout
• Optimize PCB stack‑up for performance and cost
• Complete board bring‑up and perform test campaigns for different modules and subsystems
• Support the transition of the designs to production with the contract manufacturer

Requirements

• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum (export control requirement)
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of hardware engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience using schematic tool (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer)
• 2+ years of experience using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multi‑meters

Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with classes in digital communication systems
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• 3+ years of industry experience in high speed (SERDES, etc.) and/or mixed signal PCBA design
• Experience with high data rate modems, ADC’s, DAC’s and FPGA’s
• Experience with high speed digital communications (satcom or terrestrial networks)

Skills

• Schematic capture (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, Altium Designer)
• PCB layout and stack‑up optimization
• Lab equipment: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters
• High‑speed SERDES and mixed‑signal PCBA design
• High data rate modems, ADC/DAC/FPGA
• High‑speed digital communications (satcom/terrestrial)
• Board bring‑up and test campaigns