Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link
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Electrical Engineer designs analog and digital avionics and power regulation for Amazon Leo inter-satellite link hardware.
The Electrical Engineer will be a member of Amazon Leo's Inter-Satellite Link Avionics team, focusing on the design of electrical functions including analog sensor signal conditioning and processing, motor and actuator control, embedded digital electronics, power regulation, and overall monitoring and control across spacecraft interfaces.
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
In this role, you will be expected to own a variety of tasks, from board design and component selection to layout review, board bring-up, system test, and root-cause analysis at the subsystem and system levels. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality and innovative designs while also supporting other Amazon Leo colleagues by reviewing and improving board-level and other electrical designs.
We are looking for an engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. You will be expected to work with a team of top-notch engineers and collaborate with multiple spacecraft design and integration teams. You should be comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy and relish the idea of solving problems that have not been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun, and make a positive impact on tens of millions of people.
A day in the life
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. As an Electrical Engineer, your tasks would vary between board design, layout reviews, test plan development, qualification and root cause analysis. This is a cross-functional role requiring constant interaction with multiple HW/SW design teams and end-users.
Basic qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in hardware development across multiple phases of the product life cycle in consumer electronics, power electronics, robotics, aerospace, automotive, communications, or a combination thereof.
- Demonstrated technical depth in board-level electrical hardware design, including areas such as precision analog and sensor electronics, embedded digital systems, high-speed interfaces, motor or actuator control, memory, or power regulation.
- Experience with PCB design, board bring-up, and debugging involving components such as microprocessors, SoCs, FPGAs, memories, power supplies, ADCs, DACs, and sensors.
- Experience with complex board designs involving high-speed interconnects, high-reliability electronics, power regulation, or motor and actuator-control electronics.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB-layout ECAD tools.
- Hands-on experience performing bench design-verification testing and debug using oscilloscopes and other common electrical laboratory equipment.
Preferred qualifications
- M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Broad hardware-development experience spanning multiple electrical engineering disciplines.
- Experience designing precision analog circuits involving ADCs, DACs, low-noise amplifiers, transimpedance amplifiers, sensors, or filters.
- Experience with motor drivers, current sensing, feedback circuits, or actuator-control electronics.
- Experience with embedded processors, SoCs, FPGAs, or memories such as DDR, NOR flash, or FRAM.
- Experience with high-speed circuit design, transmission lines, controlled-impedance routing, signal integrity, or power integrity.
- Experience designing or debugging board-level power supplies, including buck converters and LDOs.
- Experience using circuit simulation and analysis tools such as LTspice or MATLAB.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually
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