LEO Satellite Propulsion Systems Engineer

Amazon; Redmond; On-site; AUD 195,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a systems engineer to own propulsion subsystem requirements and budgets, connecting thruster physics to spacecraft needs. You will balance analysis with hands-on hardware work, enabling propulsion solutions across design and flight operations.

The role emphasizes interfacing with flight software, power, GNC, and test teams, driving verification, and contributing to risk assessments while supporting on-orbit performance analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 3+ years of technical engineering experience.
• Experience developing, analyzing, or testing spacecraft or aerospace propulsion hardware.
• Experience developing functional specifications, requirements, and interface definitions, along with design verification plans and test procedures.
• Experience with physics-based modeling and analysis of propulsion or spacecraft systems.
• Proficiency with scripting (Python, MATLAB, or equivalent) for analysis and data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Derive, write, and maintain propulsion subsystem requirements from mission, spacecraft, and regulatory needs; manage flow-down to components.
• Maintain the propulsion technical baseline and change control across designs.
• Own propulsion budgets and margins; assess impact of design, schedule, and operational changes at constellation scale.
• Define and maintain interfaces between propulsion and flight software, GNC, power, avionics, thermal, and structures.
• Deliver technical analyses and trade studies for propulsion architectures and drive them to documented decisions.
• Define test requirements and verification traceability; partner with test engineers on hardware-in-the-loop and qualification campaigns.
• Build hands-on propulsion expertise through test support and data analysis.

Skills

Propulsion hardware experience

Python / MATLAB scripting

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Manufacturing Engineering

Advanced degree in aerospace engineering or plasma physics

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a systems engineer to own propulsion subsystem requirements and budgets, connecting thruster physics to spacecraft needs. You will balance analysis with hands-on hardware work, enabling propulsion solutions across design and flight operations.

The role emphasizes interfacing with flight software, power, GNC, and test teams, driving verification, and contributing to risk assessments while supporting on-orbit performance analysis.