Sr. Electrical Engineer, Launch Vehicle Integration - Electrical Engineering

About the role

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical definition and technical readiness of one or more launch vehicle dispenser configurations supporting Amazon Leo, from requirements development through qualification and flight readiness.
• Review, and maintain electrical design for flight dispenser systems developed by third-party partners, ensuring alignment with Leo system needs and launch vehicle constraints.
• Validate electrical designs for both dispense and ground support equipment to ensure they perform as expected and meet the needs of Amazon Leo.
• Provide technical direction on partner-designed electrical hardware, firmware interfaces, and harnessing throughout the development lifecycle.
• Perform electrical analyses across flight and ground systems, including power distribution, current return paths, signal integrity and data interfaces, HRM firing circuits, voltage drop, and worst-case scenarios.
• Review and approve electrical qualification data packages, and consolidate and present evidence demonstrating configuration readiness for flight.
• Design auxiliary electrical checkout hardware (including PCBAs), harnessing, and test configurations as needed to enable integration, verification, and launch operations.
• Review and approve electrical integration procedures, ensuring safe, repeatable, and efficient execution across production and launch environments.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex electrical issues during hardware integration, test, and launch campaign activities.
• Support occasional travel (up to 20% in certain phases of a campaign) to partner sites, integration facilities, and launch sites.
• Act as a technical role model by setting a high engineering bar and driving best practices in requirements development, design review, verification, and configuration control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in electrical engineering within aerospace, defense, or similarly complex hardware environments
• Proficiency designing and interpreting electrical schematics
• Experience with PCBA CAD design tools
• Experience performing electrical analyses (power, signal integrity, worst-case circuit analysis)
• Experience in electrical power delivery and supporting harnessing
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, etc.)
• Experience owning or supporting electrical interfaces between independently-developed systems
• Demonstrated experience reviewing third-party designs for requirements compliance, test adequacy, and qualification completeness
• Strong understanding of requirements flow-down, verification planning, and configuration control
• Excellent communication skills, with experience interfacing across engineering, manufacturing, integration, and program/mission teams