Amazon

Sr. SATCOM System Engineer , Leo Customer Terminal

Amazon$159K — $215K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of automation scripting experience using Python, Bash, Shell, or Perl
  • Hands-on experience with networking fundamentals and devices like load balancers and routers
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics, or relevant discipline
  • 5+ years in satellite terminal development, integration, and validation
  • Strong knowledge of communication systems, RF, and antenna technology
  • Experience with test instruments like spectrum analyzers and channel emulators

Responsibilities

  • Develop customer terminal architecture in collaboration with sub-system engineers
  • Create validation plans and build infrastructure for testing
  • Lead cross-functional teams to resolve validation failures
  • Ensure work meets technical, performance, regulatory, and business needs
  • Conduct in-field and on-orbit validation with satellites
  • Travel up to 10% based on project needs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
Full Job Description
As a Satellite Communication (SATCOM) System Engineer, you will be responsible for Customer Terminal (CT) architecture, integration and validation with hardware, software, and firmware. You will work in a collaborative environment with a multi-disciplinary team including electrical hardware, antenna, simulation, silicon, algorithm, firmware, and software engineers.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, your responsibilities include:
• Develop the CT architecture by working closely with sub-system engineers in electrical, RF, antenna, thermal, modem, DSP, ASIC, algorithm, firmware, modeling, and software
• Develop the validation plans, build the validation infrastructure, execute testing, analyze data, and report the results to the stakeholders
• Investigate and resolve validation failures by leading cross-functional teams
• Ensure the delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, regulatory, and business requirements
• Perform in-field and on-orbit validation with satellites
• Travel up to 10% of the time, depending on project phases

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

As a SATCOM System Engineer on the Amazon Leo Customer Terminal Team, you will work daily with electrical hardware, RF, antenna, silicon, and product design engineers, as well as software and operations teams in a collaborative environment. Your focus will be on architecting, integrating, and verifying customer terminal functional performance to ensure it delights our customers.

About the team

The Leo Customer Terminal team is responsible for developing both outdoor & indoor devices, enabling customers internet service via the Leo satellite network. We own the entire process from early prototypes through mass production including requirements documents, architecture definition, hardware development, and all integration/verification testing.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience

- Experience with networking fundamentals including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc.

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics, or other relevant engineering discipline

- 5+ years of satellite terminal development, integration, and validation experience

- Strong understanding of communication systems, RF, and antenna

- Experience in MATLAB, Python or C++

- Familiarity with test instruments such as spectrum analyzer, vector signal analyzers, channel emulators, and GNSS emulators

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master or PhD degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or other relevant engineering discipline

- Knowledge of digital communication systems, error correction, synchronization, spread spectrum, single and multi-carrier techniques, and modulation types such as QPSK, APSK, and QAM

- Understanding of free space communication and satellite link budget principals in K band

- Experience in developing simulation and modeling tools

- Familiarity with active and passive RF components, beamforming circuits, electromagnetic propagation

- Satellite over-the-air Communication field-trial experience

- Experience working with mobility satellite terminals such as maritime and aeronautical

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, WA, Redmond - 159,100.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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