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# Principal Modem Systems Architect

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Salary:** $189,400.0 - $256,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 4G (Telecommunication), Wireless Broadband, Modems, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, WiMAX
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4cdbe0f42e6adf01

## About the Role

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., * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent experience

 * Experience in wireless system design and architecture, system integration, RF system analysis
 * Experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, DVB-S2 / DVB-C, OR similar broadband wireless standards, * Master's / PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or Communications Systems
 * Good analytical, problem solving and communication skills
 * Experience with development of a new wireless communications system
 * Experience with design and implementation of APSK or OFDM based modems
 * Experience with communication theory, OFDM, MIMO, Digital/Wireless Communication Systems and RF engineering

## Description

Technical lead of the team defining the wireless modem of Project Kuiper's broadband wireless system from customer end points to terrestrial gateways via Low Earth Orbit satellites. This is a unique opportunity to define a wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless implementation teams to define a modem solution that optimizes spectrum efficiency, ability to support diverse set of customer link requirements / environments, minimizes BER / packet retries, and support for flexible MAC architecture.

In this role you will:

 * Work within a team and take responsibility for high bandwidth wireless system architecture
 * Create documentation defining modem block's function, interfaces, and implementation requirements
 * Drive trade-off analyst / simulation to benefit customer experience and optimization of resources (costs, power, spectrum)
 * Work closely with implementation teams to verify the design, evaluate expected system level performance and provide quick feedback on potential improvements, Export Control Requirement


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