Amazon

Satellite Hardware Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon$126K — $164K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • 4+ years of experience in electrical circuit design, including RF biases, MCUs, and power sequencers
  • 2+ years of experience with board bring up and design verification testing
  • Experience in analog electrical circuit design
  • Experience in bias circuits design for RF amplifiers

Responsibilities

  • Decompose system level requirements into realizable hardware requirements
  • Design and develop solutions to meet these requirements
  • Optimize electrical hardware designed for space applications
  • Simulate and optimize EE circuits, perform schematic capture and oversee layout
  • Establish test benches for design verification
  • Evaluate design in the lab to ensure it meets system requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate solutions with platform requirements

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off including parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Access to mental health support and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Full Job Description
As an Electrical Hardware Design Engineer, you will engage with a world class cross-disciplinary team to design innovative solutions. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Amazon Leo 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.

Key job responsibilities
• Decompose system level requirements into realizable hardware requirements.
• Design and develop a solution that meets these requirements.
• Design, develop, and optimize electrical hardware for use in space.
• Simulate and optimize EE circuits, perform schematic capture, and oversee layout.
• Build up test bench for design verification.
• Evaluate and optimize design in the lab to demonstrate design meets with system requirements.
• Work with RF system, power, software, mechanical thermal, reliability and compliance teams to ensure solution integrates with overall platform requirements.

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.

A day in the life

You will regularly interact with other engineers to realize microwave hardware designs that will fly in space. This requires the ability to work well with others in a highly cross-functional organization to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation and test.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

- 4+ years of experience in electrical circuit design, such as RF biases, MCUs, re-scalers, LDOs, power sequencers, motor drivers, monitor and control, digital interfaces, etc. In depth knowledge of electrical architectures.

- 2+ years of experience with board bring up and design verification test using EE lab equipment such as power supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.

- Experience in analog electrical circuit design

- Experience in bias circuits design for RF amplifiers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering

- Experience with designing for airborne or space applications

- Experience with complex board designs, such as high-speed interconnects, high-reliability designs, avionics, vehicle control systems, and/or motor & actuator control electronics

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, 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 about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Diego - 126,300.00 - 164,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Redmond - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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