Aerospace HW Engineer: Phased-Array Antenna Validation

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC seeks a Hardware Development Engineer to design, validate, and bring up hardware for phased array antennas in our LEO satellite program. You will design circuits and test boards, bring up new hardware in the lab, and measure performance.

You will work with senior hardware, RF, firmware, and test engineers to ensure flight-ready hardware for our satellite constellation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• Experience designing or debugging analog, digital, power, or RF circuits.
• Experience with schematic capture or PCB design tools (Altium, Cadence, KiCad).

Responsibilities

• Design circuits and boards for antenna subsystems and test hardware.
• Bring up new boards and prototypes in the lab and debug power, clocking, and RF signals.
• Characterize hardware performance using test equipment like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
• Write test plans and execute validation testing to meet requirements.
• Use Linux-based tools to control phased array during bring-up and test.
• Analyze test results and drive design fixes.
• Collaborate with RF, firmware, and test engineers to integrate hardware into the antenna system.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Lab bring-up

RF concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Altium

Cadence

KiCad

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Power meters

Signal generators

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC seeks a Hardware Development Engineer to design, validate, and bring up hardware for phased array antennas in our LEO satellite program. You will design circuits and test boards, bring up new hardware in the lab, and measure performance.

You will work with senior hardware, RF, firmware, and test engineers to ensure flight-ready hardware for our satellite constellation.