Hardware Development Engineer, Launch Vehicle Integration - Electrical Engineering

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Sign-on bonuses

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Hardware Development Engineer on the Launch Vehicle Integration - Electrical Engineering team to design, test, and sustain electrical ground support equipment for satellite production, integration, and launch operations. You will work hands-on with electrical hardware across schematics, PCBA, harnessing, and rack-level assemblies.

The role offers exposure to spacecraft hardware and a path across electrical design, test, production, and launch operations, with potential

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience designing and debugging electrical hardware.
• Experience designing and interpreting electrical schematics.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, or logic analyzers.
• Experience with electrical power distribution, signal interfaces, and harnessing.
• Experience bringing up, testing, and troubleshooting electrical hardware.
• Experience developing technical documentation such as schematics and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support existing EGSE used for satellite integration, test, and launch operations.
• Troubleshoot hardware failures and integration issues using schematics and test equipment.
• Implement design changes to improve reliability and address obsolescence.
• Support engineering change and configuration control activities.
• Perform hardware checkout, acceptance testing, and verification.
• Investigate hardware issues and support root-cause analysis.
• Provide hands-on electrical support during integration, test, and launch with potential travel.
• Support design and development of new EGSE hardware under direction.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

Schematic interpretation

Hardware bring-up

Test equipment operation

Power distribution

Harnessing

PCBAs

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PCBA CAD tools

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

As a Hardware Development Engineer on the Launch Vehicle Integration - Electrical Engineering team, you will design, develop, test, and sustain electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) supporting Amazon Leo satellite production, integration, and launch operations.

You will work hands‑on with electrical hardware throughout its lifecycle, including schematic design, PCBA development, harnessing, rack‑level systems, hardware bring‑up, verification, troubleshooting, and maintenance of deployed systems. You will also support improvements and modifications to existing ground support hardware as launch configurations and operational needs evolve.

This role provides an opportunity to work directly with spacecraft and launch integration hardware while developing experience across electrical design, test, production, and launch operations.

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.

Key job responsibilities

• Maintain and support existing electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) used for satellite integration, test, and launch operations.
• Troubleshoot EGSE hardware failures and integration issues using schematics, test documentation, and standard electrical laboratory equipment.
• Implement design changes to existing hardware to improve reliability, address obsolescence, correct issues, or support evolving operational needs.
• Support engineering change and configuration control activities, including updates to schematics, bills of material, drawings, test procedures, and other released documentation.
• Perform hardware checkout, acceptance testing, and verification following established requirements and test procedures.
• Investigate hardware issues and support root‑cause analysis and corrective actions in collaboration with other engineering teams.
• Provide hands‑on electrical support during satellite integration, test, and launch activities, including occasional travel to integration and launch facilities.
• Support the design and development of new EGSE hardware under the technical direction of more experienced engineers, including schematic design, PCBAs, harnessing, rack‑level assemblies, and hardware bring‑up.
• Perform supporting electrical analyses and design evaluations for new or modified hardware, including power distribution, voltage drop, current loading, signal interfaces, and component selection.
• Work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, test, and integration engineers to support reliable operation and continued improvement of EGSE hardware.

About the team

Our team is responsible for delivering launch vehicle integration flight and ground electrical interfaces, and ground support equipment supporting Amazon Leo’s satellite constellation. We take ownership and work hard to deliver the highest quality solutions to support the long‑term success of Amazon Leo. This team consists of a broad set of technical backgrounds, and we look forward to welcoming people that are excited to help us deliver broadband internet to underserved communities!

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Experience designing and debugging electrical hardware.
• Experience designing and interpreting electrical schematics.
• Hands‑on experience using electrical laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, or logic analyzers.
• Experience with electrical power distribution, signal interfaces, and electrical harnessing.
• Experience bringing up, testing, and troubleshooting electrical hardware.
• Experience developing technical documentation such as schematics, test procedures, engineering drawings, or design documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with analog, digital, and high‑speed circuit design
• Experience with PCBA CAD design tools.
• Experience developing electrical ground support equipment, automated test equipment, or similar test and integration hardware.
• Experience with aerospace, spacecraft, launch vehicle, automotive, robotics, defense, or similarly complex hardware systems.
• Experience developing rack‑level electrical systems, cable assemblies, or harnessing.
• Experience performing electrical analysis such as voltage drop, power budgeting, component derating, or worst‑case circuit analysis.
• Experience with hardware verification, acceptance testing, or qualification testing.
• Experience supporting released hardware in production, integration, or operational environments.
• Familiarity with configuration management, engineering change processes, and sustaining engineering.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages used for hardware test or laboratory automation.

Amazon equality statement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Inclusive culture

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Benefits and Compensation

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 96,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually