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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # HW Dev Engineer-Payload, Hardware Development - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States - **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $184,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Board Bringup, Altium Designer, Automation of Tests, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Ethernet, Hardware Design, OrCAD, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Pcb Layout - **Published:** August 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10500255/hw-dev-engineer-payload-hardware-development ## About the Role Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent - 4+ years of industry experience in mixed signal PCBA design - 3+ years of experience in using schematic tool (Siemens Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer) - 2+ years of experience in using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multi-meters - 1+ years of experience in high-speed digital design (SERDES, Ethernet, PCIe, etc...), Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent - 1+ years of experience with signal and/or power integrity - Experience with PCB layout tools ## Description As an Hardware Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting phased array antenna systems in industry right now. You will engage with an experienced team to conceive and design phased arrays 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. You will own or contribute to the following: - Own PCBA development from concept through production - Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub-systems - Design high-speed digital circuitry in collaboration with various teams - Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout - Lead PCB vendor engagement for DFM review - Optimize PCB stack-up for performance and cost - Generate test plans/procedures based off high level requirement definition - Complete board bring-up and perform test campaigns for different modules and subsystems - Design of automated test systems, test fixtures, and factory test - Support the transition of the designs to production About the hiring group: The payload team is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, validation, qualification, and new product introduction to manufacturing for all satellite payloads. These systems will meet performance requirements as well as environmental and reliability requirements. To this end, the payload team collaborates closely with all the partner teams including silicon, power, mechanical, thermal, modem, RF/Coms system, and SW teams. 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