Amazon

Sr. Satellite Hardware Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon$120K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • 7+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years of industry experience in PCBA design
  • 5+ years of experience with schematic tools (e.g., Mentor Graphics, Cadence, Altium)
  • 3+ years of experience using lab equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters)

Responsibilities

  • Decompose system-level requirements into hardware requirements
  • Design and develop hardware solutions that meet specified requirements
  • Optimize electrical hardware designs for space applications
  • Simulate and optimize electronic circuits and oversee layout
  • Build test benches for design verification
  • Evaluate and optimize designs in the lab
  • Collaborate with RF, power, software, mechanical, and compliance teams to ensure integration

Benefits

  • Access to a world-class, cross-disciplinary team
  • Opportunity to work on innovative space solutions
  • Collaborative and fast-paced work environment
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology in aerospace engineering
  • Possibility for professional growth and development in a leading company
Full Job Description
As an Sr. 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

- 7+ years of engineering experience

- 5+ years of industry experience in PCBA design

- 5+ years of experience in using schematic tool (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer)

- 3+ years of experience in using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multi-meter

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

- Experience with the project management of technical projects

- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

- Experience with PCB layout tools

- 3+ years of experience in high-speed digital design (SERDES, Ethernet, PCIe, etc...)

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