Avionics Hardware Engineer II - Flight-Critical

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Prime Air seeks an Electrical Hardware Engineer to drive the end-to-end hardware development lifecycle for flight-critical avionics. You will collaborate with propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, and production to ensure safety and reliability across the avionics system.

You will own hardware development, verification, and bring-up, advancing DFMEA and DFM/DFR with vendors, while leading manufacturing and reliability initiatives for production-grade avionics

Qualifications

• Experience with prototyping and implementation.
• Experience in root cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes.
• Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own product development lifecycle of hardware within the avionics system.
• Develop and execute verification and validation test plans per aerospace standards (e.g., DO-160, DO-254).
• Bring up EE hardware, validate interfaces, and enable system integration across flight computer and sensors.
• Lead root cause analysis of hardware failures across hardware/software interfaces and implement fixes in production.

Skills

Prototype experience

PCB design

Root cause analysis

ASIC/FPGA tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ASIC/FPGA design tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Job description

Amazon Prime Air seeks an Electrical Hardware Engineer to drive the end-to-end hardware development lifecycle for flight-critical avionics. You will collaborate with propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, and production to ensure safety and reliability across the avionics system.

You will own hardware development, verification, and bring-up, advancing DFMEA and DFM/DFR with vendors, while leading manufacturing and reliability initiatives for production-grade avionics