Launch Vehicle Hardware Engineer - Ground Support Systems

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

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Hardware Development Engineer to design, test, and sustain electrical ground support equipment for satellite production and launch operations. You will work hands-on with electrical hardware throughout its lifecycle, including schematic design, PCBA development, harnessing, rack-level assemblies, and hardware bring-up.

Collaboration across electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams is critical to deliver reliable EGSE for launch readiness.

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.

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.

Skills

Schematic design

Hardware debugging

Electrical lab equipment

Power distribution

Troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PCBA CAD design tools

Schematic capture tools

Python scripting for test automation

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking a Hardware Development Engineer to design, test, and sustain electrical ground support equipment for satellite production and launch operations. You will work hands-on with electrical hardware throughout its lifecycle, including schematic design, PCBA development, harnessing, rack-level assemblies, and hardware bring-up.

Collaboration across electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams is critical to deliver reliable EGSE for launch readiness.