Lead Satellite Hardware Reliability Engineer

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is pursuing a constellation of LEO satellites to deliver low-latency broadband globally. The Reliability Engineer will proactively drive reliability for Leo hardware, leading the reliability process and a team to meet program reliability goals.

You will collaborate with subsystem teams, provide design input, and support analytical and testing efforts during design, manufacturing, and deployment. The role emphasizes physics-of-failure approaches, stress-driven risk analyses, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 3+ years hardware reliability engineering experience.
• Experience with functional specs, design verification, and testing.
• Knowledge of reliability principles, methods, and environmental testing.
• Proficiency in failure analysis techniques and materials characterization.
• Familiarity with PCBs/PCBAs and electronic components.

Responsibilities

• Assist with building a center of excellence for reliability analysis and test for Leo hardware design.
• Develop system level reliability model and allocations across subsystems to meet targets.
• Review, guide FMECAs, predictive modelling techniques, and test plans.
• Establish test capabilities and failure analysis as needed.

Skills

Hardware reliability engineering

Reliability engineering

Failure analysis

Environmental testing

PCB/PCBAs

Electronics knowledge

Data analytics

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Mechanical/Electrical/Materials

Tools

RBD (Reliability Block Diagram)

Markov models

Statistical modeling

Data analytics

Job description

Amazon Leo is pursuing a constellation of LEO satellites to deliver low-latency broadband globally. The Reliability Engineer will proactively drive reliability for Leo hardware, leading the reliability process and a team to meet program reliability goals.

You will collaborate with subsystem teams, provide design input, and support analytical and testing efforts during design, manufacturing, and deployment. The role emphasizes physics-of-failure approaches, stress-driven risk analyses, and