Satellite Systems Engineer, Amazon Leo - Avionics Verification and Test

Amazon • Redmond, WA

2d • Onsite

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. As an Amazon Leo Satellite Systems Engineer, you will own the development and execution of test campaigns for core components of our satellites to ensure readiness for launch and performance on orbit. You will work with multiple engineering and manufacturing teams to specify test equipment requirements, develop and execute test plans, and support development and production test initiatives. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve. We want individuals who want to reach beyond what is possible today. Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats, and work in a highly collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a relevant engineering discipline
• 6+ years of systems engineering or interdisciplinary engineering experience developing and executing test plans for complex aerospace, automotive, or consumer electronics systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on testing and/or manufacturing experience with demonstrated ability to work across multiple technical disciplines.
• Experience with requirements decomposition, interface management, and system-level verification planning.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and root cause analysis skills.
• 1+ years of scripting or programming experience (Python, LabVIEW).
• 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

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Experience as a technical lead, leading small groups of engineers through product development or test campaigns.
• Experience in development of test plans and protocols related to established space hardware test processes (GEVS / SMC-S-016)
• Experience bridging technical gaps across engineering disciplines and implementing data-driven process improvements.
• Experience with hardware engineering practices including schematic capture, PCB design, Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles, hardware validation, and configuration control.
• Experience with software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, develop, and deliver innovative hardware, tooling, and processes to optimize testing capabilities and workflows.
• Lead cross-functional alignment with stakeholders across engineering disciplines (electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, firmware, manufacturing) on verification requirements, processes, and technical strategy.
• Decompose satellite verification requirements into testable sub-system specifications and develop test plans to support manufacturing validation of satellite components.
• Conduct analyses and build models (e.g., reliability models, test coverage analysis, queuing models for throughput optimization) in support of cross-functional trade space studies.
• Participate in technical risk assessments and failure mode identification (e.g., Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)) to identify design gaps.
• Deliver technical artifacts such as test plans and end-user documents.
• Communicate fluidly across a variety of teams (both technical and non-technical) to identify and quantify product risks and how they will be addressed to ensure mission success.
• Collaborate with design teams to evaluate technical design options, identify missing requirements, and escalate when designs need improvement.
• Apply systems engineering principles to balance competing requirements across electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing domains.
• Develop quantitative models and simulations to predict test coverage, identify gaps, and optimize test sequences.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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