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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Hardware Design Engineer, Leo KMM FPGA - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $137,300.0 - $185,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Bug Tracking Systems, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Rf Circuits, Pcb Layout - **Published:** June 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gbn0xn ## About the Role Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures - Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability - Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout - 5+ years of experience in firmware integration with factory software 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 ## Description As a Sr. Hardware Design Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to design innovative product solutions. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Leo's inter-disciplinary team in order 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. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for designing RF subsystems for use in space. Must be able to work effectively cross-functionally with multiple disciplines. In this role you will: * Decompose system level requirements into realizable hardware requirements. * Design and develop a solution that meets these requirements. * Simulate and optimize RF circuits, perform schematic capture, and oversee PCB layout. * Build up test bench for design verification. * Evaluate and optimize design in the lab to demonstrate solution meets all 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. Key job responsibilities * Will work cross-functionally on collaboration to fluently engage with diverse engineering disciplines, effectively advocate for hardware system requirements, board bring up , pcba assembly, and ensure alignment for overall system success. * Works closely with the production test team to define DVT, Qualification and production test requirements * Develop, designs, and test of ASIC and subsystems and systems. * Derive HW specifications for the KMM system * Performs root cause analysis on products, technical problems, processes and documentation. * Assess feasibility of various designs in support of architectural definition * Participate in subsystem design and prototyping, schematic capture, prototype bring-up and debugging, hardware bug tracking, functional verification, and signal characterization * Evaluate and characterize new technology, prototypes and RF components * Support manufacturing engineers on production testing of RF avionics components and systems ## Related Videos - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Breaking the Hardware Mindset: Overcoming Barriers to System-Level Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1635-breaking-the-hardware-mindset-overcoming-barriers-to-system-level-innovation) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) - [How to Domain Model – An example from manufacturing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/742-how-to-domain-model-an-example-from-manufacturing) - [When Agents Meet Legacy: Never Change a Running System](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100320-when-agents-meet-legacy-never-change-a-running-system) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 188: CfP time, the risks of NPM and IKEA algorithms](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/635-dev-digest-188-cfp-time-the-risks-of-npm-and-ikea-algorithms) - [Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)