Satellite Hardware Development Engineer, Ground Gateway, Amazon Leo

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon LEO is pursuing low-latency, high-bandwidth satellite broadband. As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead design workstreams for gateway systems, collaborating with teams and suppliers to define, optimize, implement, and test the hardware.

You will ensure interfaces to operations, supply chain, and reliability are considered from concept to production. You will own or contribute to multiple blocks such as modem design, high-speed digital circuitry, and PCB stack-up optimization,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years hardware engineering experience.
• 3+ years experience with schematic tools (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer).
• 2+ years experience using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters).

Responsibilities

• Own the ground gateway gigabit data rate modem design from concept through production.
• Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub-systems.
• Design digital circuitry supporting various protocols in collaboration with teams.
• Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Optimize PCB stack-up for performance and cost.
• Complete board bring-up and test campaigns for modules and subsystems.
• Support the transition of designs to production with the contract manufacturer.

Job description

Description

Amazon LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead the design workstream on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting gateway systems in industry. You will engage with an experienced team to conceive and design the gateway aimed at delighting customers with affordable, reliable, high bandwidth connectivity. You will work closely with Amazon LEO's various sub-teams and engage third party suppliers to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and test. The Hardware Engineer will have a complete understanding of how their design changes impact downstream partners such as operations, supply chain, product management, and reliability.

Amazon Strongly Believes In Ownership And You Will Have The Opportunity To Own Your Designs From Concept Through Production

You Will Own Or Contribute To The Following

• Own the ground gateway gigabit data rate modem design from concept through production
• Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub-systems
• Design digital circuitry supporting various protocols in collaboration with various teams
• Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout
• Optimize PCB stack-up for performance and cost
• Complete board bring-up and perform test campaigns for different modules and subsystems
• Support the transition of the designs to production with the contract manufacturer

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.

About The Team

The Gateway team is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, validation, qualification, and new product introduction to manufacturing for all satellite and ground gateway assemblies. These systems will meet performance requirements defined by the RF/modem team as well as environmental and reliability requirements defined by the mechanical team. To this end, the gateway team collaborates closely with all the partner teams including silicon, power, mechanical, thermal, modem, RF/Coms system, and SW teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of hardware engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience in using schematic tool (Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Cadence OrCad, or Altium Designer)
• 2+ years of experience in using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multi-meters

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalentwith classes in digital communication systems.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• 3+ years of industry experience in high speed (SERDES, etc.) and/or mixed signal PCBA design
• Experience with high data rate modems, ADC’s, DAC’s and FPGA’s