Sr. Satellite Hardware Development Engineer, Ground Gateway, Amazon Leo

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.

About the role

As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead the design workstream on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting gateway systems in the 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, and you will have 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 subsystems
• 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

About the team

The Gateway team is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, validation, qualification, and new product introduction to manufacturing for all satellite and ground gateway assemblies. These systems will meet performance requirements defined by the RF/modem team as well as environmental and reliability requirements defined by the mechanical team. To this end, the gateway team collaborates closely with all partner teams including silicon, power, mechanical, thermal, modem, RF/Coms system, and SW teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of hardware engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience in using schematic tools (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer)
• 4+ years of experience in 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
• 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

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, ADCs, DACs, and FPGAs
• Experience with high-speed digital communications (satcom or terrestrial networks)

Pay

USA, WA, Redmond - $159,200.00 - $215,300.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and 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
• Parental leave

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