RF Payload Systems Engineer – Satellite Ops

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 194,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo seeks a Payload Engineer to test, verify, and troubleshoot the Leo production constellation. You will bridge payload software development, testing, and mission operations to ensure seamless on-orbit operations.

You will lead root-cause analyses across RF hardware, software, and networking, define operational runbooks, and drive automation to scale the constellation while collaborating with flight software, cloud software, modem, and mission operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 6+ years of RF/satellite experience.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across multi-disciplinary groups.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Experience testing satellite payload RF hardware or related subsystems.
• Experience developing or maintaining runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for on-orbit anomalies.
• Scripting/automation proficiency (Python, Bash) for operational tooling.
• Experience with AWS services and dashboard tools such as Grafana/Quicksight/SQL.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep expertise across payload RF/comm hardware, software, and constellation operations to identify systemic issues, drive root-cause analysis, and coordinate fleet-wide resolutions and optimizations.
• Define and maintain payload operational processes, procedures, and runbooks, including on-station commissioning flows, exit criteria, and external dependencies.
• Identify and drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operational burden, improve response times, and enable the team to scale efficiently as the constellation grows.
• Review and interpret test results, troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and develop corrective actions for test failures and in-orbit anomalies.
• Support payload system-level integration, test, and verification, from hands-on integration in the lab to field testing and support.
• Support in-orbit payload operations from test-like-you-fly verification on the ground to troubleshooting issues for on-going constellation payload operations.
• Collaborate across diverse technical teams such as flight software, cloud software, modem, and mission operations to optimize system-level RF and network operations.

Skills

RF engineering

Cross-functional coordination

Troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Dashboard monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

Bash

Grafana

SQL

AWS

Job description

Amazon Leo seeks a Payload Engineer to test, verify, and troubleshoot the Leo production constellation. You will bridge payload software development, testing, and mission operations to ensure seamless on-orbit operations.

You will lead root-cause analyses across RF hardware, software, and networking, define operational runbooks, and drive automation to scale the constellation while collaborating with flight software, cloud software, modem, and mission operations teams.