Sr. Satellite Hardware Development 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 Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead the design workstream on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting gateway systems in industry. You will engage with an experienced team to conceive and design the gateway aimed at delighting customers with affordable, reliable, high bandwidth connectivity. You will work closely with Amazon LEO's various sub-teams and engage third‑party suppliers to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and test. The Hardware Engineer will have a complete understanding of how their design changes 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

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of hardware engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience using schematic tools (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer)
• 4+ years of experience using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters
• 3+ years of industry experience in high speed (SERDES, etc.) and/or mixed signal PCBA design
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum (export control requirement)

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or experience designing digital communication systems
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• 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 tools: Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, Altium Designer
• Lab equipment: oscilloscopes,