Component Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

23h

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

As a Component Engineer at Amazon Leo, you will be responsible for supporting
the Component Engineering team by supporting the management of Leo’s approved
component library and developing component engineering processes and mechanisms.
You will work with Senior Component Engineers to solve technical problems
involving electrical component research, qualification, and obsolescence. Your
role will play a critical part in the success of current and next generation Leo
satellites.

You'll protect mission integrity daily. You'll review Product Change
Notifications, making critical decisions impacting satellite reliability. You'll
conduct rigorous BOM scrubs, enabling zero failure on orbit.
You'll collaborate with brilliant engineers solving complex obsolescence
challenges. You'll evaluate components for space environments. You'll maintain
our approved parts library and serve as technical authority. Your work directly
enables Amazon's vision of global connectivity from space.

The Component Engineering team ensures mission success for Amazon's LEO
satellite constellation. We manage every electrical component from selection
through end-of-life, ensuring parts withstand space conditions—radiation,
thermal cycling, and vacuum.
We maintain Leo's approved component library. We drive qualification processes.
We solve complex obsolescence challenges. We bridge design ambition and
manufacturing reality, partnering across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and
Manufacturing.

Our rigorous evaluation, testing, and lifecycle management enable innovation
while protecting mission integrity. We ensure Amazon's global connectivity
vision is built on proven, reliable components that perform flawlessly in
space's harshest environment. Building the future of space infrastructure, one
component at a time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 2+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, industrial, automotive, or other high-tech industry
• Experience working with and maintaining an eCAD library
• Experience with Product Lifetime Management (PLM) tools. Proficient with Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating qualification plans and leading obsolescence analyses for electronic components
• Experience on obsolescence analyses and implementing mitigation strategies
• Proven experience developing component qualification plans and test strategies
• 5+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
• Knowledge of radiation effects on electronics and component derating practices
• Experience coordinating work streams amongst multiple teams such a reliability, quality, and engineering

Responsibilities

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert providing technical guidance to Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
• Manage Component Failure Analysis and drive Corrective Actions with suppliers
• Create, review, improve, and maintain Component Engineering methods, processes, and procedures
• Contribute to Electrical Component Lifecycle Management across all satellite programs
• Maintain and expand the approved component library through rigorous research
• Review Electrical Component Requests for requirements compliance
• Research alternative components to optimize satellite designs
• Conduct equivalency research to expand component options
• Perform BOM scrubs and review electrical schematics and layouts
• Partner with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams
• Support current production and next-generation satellite development

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level