Sr. Microwave 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 a Sr. Microwave Hardware Design Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to design innovative product solutions. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Leo's inter-disciplinary team in order 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. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for designing microwave/RF subsystems for use in space. Must be able to work effectively cross-functionally with multiple disciplines.

In This Role You Will

• Decompose system level requirements into realizable hardware requirements.
• Design and develop a solution that meets these requirements.
• Design, develop, and optimize a Ka/V band radio hardware for use in space.
• Simulate and optimize RF circuits, perform schematic capture, and oversee PCB layout.
• Build up test bench for design verification.
• Evaluate and optimize design in the lab to demonstrate solution meets all requirements.
• Work with RF system, power, software, mechanical thermal, reliability and compliance teams to ensure solution integrates with overall platform requirements.
• Will work cross-functionally on collaboration to fluently engage with diverse engineering disciplines, effectively advocate for RF system requirements, and ensure alignment for overall system success.
• Design of high-performance Ka-Band and V-band frequency converters, LNAs and SSPAs.
• Develop Microwave and millimeter wave RF hardware requirements.
• Works closely with the production test team to define DVT, Qualification and production test requirements.
• Develop, designs, and test of high-power RF/microwave components, subsystems and systems.
• Derive RF HW specifications for the RF system and RF blocks/circuits.
• Performs root cause analysis on products, technical problems, processes and documentation.
• Assess feasibility of various designs in support of architectural definition.
• Participate in subsystem design and prototyping, schematic capture, prototype bring-up and debugging, hardware bug tracking, functional verification, and signal characterization.
• Evaluate and characterize new technology, prototypes and RF components.
• Support manufacturing engineers on production testing of RF avionics components and systems.
• Evaluates systems and directs design modifications.
• Troubleshoots and repairs circuits and fixtures.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with RF measurement equipment, including: power meters, spectrum analyzers, vector signal generators, network analyzers, oscilloscopes.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in RF/Microwave design.
• 7+ years of experience in RF / microwave hardware design to component level, such as power amps, LNAs, mixers, and block down-converters, block up-converters, and etc. for commercial or military communication receivers, transmitters and subsystems up to 50 GHz.
• In depth knowledge of radio architectures.
• Experience with RF/ microwave design expertise in Power, Low Noise and Driver Amplifier design for commercial or military communications receivers, transmitters and sub-systems up to 50 GHz.
• Experience with RF and EM simulation software.
• Experience with analog, digital and mixed mode circuit design and layout.
• Excellent math aptitude, written and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering and 10 years of industry experience in RF/microwave circuits or communication theory.
• Experience performing analysis and simulation of communication systems including link budgets.
• Thorough understanding of RF passive and active components and circuitry.
• Knowledge of digital communication systems, spread spectrum, forward error correcting codes (FEC), single and multi-carrier techniques, modulation types such as PSK, APSK, QAM, OFDM.
• Understanding of electromagnetic propagation and antenna systems.
• RF/microwave design using ADS, HFSS, AWR Microwave Office.
• Experience with the design and integration of RF systems consisting of radio transmitters and receivers, LNAs, PAs, couplers, filters, etc.
• Experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers.
• Comfortable communicating deeply technical topics to a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to lead projects across departments, create and maintain project schedules, and ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Working knowledge of space environments and the process to space qualify a communication flight unit.
• Familiarity with hybrid microelectronics for space applications and MIL-PRF-38534.

Pay

• Base salary range: $159,200.00 - $215,300.00 USD annually (USA, WA, Redmond).
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) are included. Final compensation determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance.
• Option for Supplemental life plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 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 at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Export Control Requirement

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.

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