Sr. Satellite Hardware Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon.com, Inc.
San Diego, CA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Altium Designer Computer Engineering Logic Synthesis of Circuits Ethernet Hardware Design OrCAD PCI Express Schematic Capture Software Requirements Analysis Mentor Graphics Pcb Layout

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., * 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.

Requirements

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., 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, 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…)

About the company

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.

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