Reliability Test Engineer - Satellite Hardware & HALT/HASS/ALT

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA, seeks a highly motivated reliability engineer to oversee hardware test campaigns and improve reliability procedures for satellite hardware. This R&D role requires collaboration with engineering teams and hands-on lab leadership.

You will set up HALT/HASS/ALT tests, document procedures, manage test resources, and train personnel while driving robust failure investigations and optimization of test practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Optical Engineering, Physics or related).
• 2+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and set up reliability test campaigns spanning HALT, HASS, and ALT.
• Establish, document, and release reliability test engineering procedures, including fixture design best practices, chamber programming and stress profile verification, instrumentation setup, and standardization of test trackers and tools.
• Maintain continuous functioning of Test Chambers and testing resources such as accelerometers, thermocouples, DAQs, power supplies, and other relevant hardware.
• Train reliability engineering and laboratory personnel on HALT, HASS, and ALT operations and lessons learned.
• Flag reliability test failures for engineering review, and prepare data package(s) to assist failure investigations.
• Work closely with reliability engineers to optimize reliability test procedures and practices.

Skills

Hardware development

Test lab experience

Space/aerospace experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Optical Engineering, Physics or related fields

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Function generators

DAQs

Chamber programming

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA, seeks a highly motivated reliability engineer to oversee hardware test campaigns and improve reliability procedures for satellite hardware. This R&D role requires collaboration with engineering teams and hands-on lab leadership.

You will set up HALT/HASS/ALT tests, document procedures, manage test resources, and train personnel while driving robust failure investigations and optimization of test practices.