Lab Engineer, PCBA Test, Amazon Leo - Ground Systems Lab

Amazon Leo • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is an ambitious initiative launching a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The Amazon Leo Systems team owns the end-to-end technical lifecycle for all Telemetry, Tracking, and Control and Ground Gateway Terminals. In this role, you will work hand-in-hand with development teams from software and hardware as well as program management and other stakeholders to make sure we can rapidly test Ground System requirements and capabilities. You will design, build and maintain the lab infrastructure. You will be hands on, making sure lab environments are highly available, while scaling team’s processes to ensure long term success. 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 The PCBA Test Lab Engineer will support the specification, development, test, and operation of the hardware test for ground station satellite hardware. This work will include cross-functional coordination to determine test requirements and capabilities. You will ensure HW testing supports both development work and end-product validation. Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% is a requirement. About the team The Leo Ground Systems Engineering team owns the end-to-end technical lifecycle for all Telemetry, Tracking, and Control and Ground Gateway Terminals. This encompasses terminal development, manufacture, site improvements design, terminal installation, systemic failure resolution, terminal anomaly resolution including systemic failures, terminal Monitoring and Remediation Systems (MARS), terminal performance analytics, Terminal Technical Operations, and related product improvements.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 3+ years of work experience in Aerospace, Automotive, Robotics, Power Electronics, Consumer Electronics, and/or Communications field or combination thereof with hands-on testing and debugging programmable electronics hardware using electrical test equipment (multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, data acquisition systems, etc.)
• Experience creating detailed hardware test plans and procedures, driving products through verification and early manufacturing runs
• Experience with engineering documentation (electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, requirements documentation, interface control, version control)
• Experience with development of hardware-in-the-loop testing for medium volume applications (e.g. ground station modems, telecommunications infrastructure equipment, etc)
• Knowledge of hardware and software tools for test automation (e.g. Python, C/C++, Linux etc.)
• Experience with rapid iteration prototypes and joint hardware/firmware development; partnering with software/hardware engineers to bring-up and test new hardware designs
• Familiarity and experience with several communications protocols (e.g. SPI, I2C, Ethernet, SerDES, Interlaken, JESD204, CAN-FD, RS-232/422/485, GPIB)
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
• Experience in computer networking (admin level) in a Consumer Electronics (or similar) lab environment.
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization
• Experience in developing/maintaining product test harnesses
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% is a 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with embedded systems and consumer devices
• Work and hands-on test experience in the SATCOM or Telecommunications field

Responsibilities

• Design, set up and maintain test fixtures to verify software on real hardware; create and maintain lab documentation
• Troubleshoot hardware, software and networking issues
• Drive adoption of best practices in testbed maintainability
• Manage equipment stock, procure lab equipment
• Provide lab services to people working remotely (be the eyes and hands in the lab)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees