Satellite Power Electronics Engineer

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Leo Power Team is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to define power requirements, integrate converter blocks, and drive prototype builds for satellite hardware. You will work with design, mechanical, thermal, and electrical peers to ensure robust power architectures across programs.

The role requires a strong background in DCDC power, lab verification, and translating requirements into high-reliability hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of working in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years designing, testing, and debugging switching DCDC power supplies including component selection, schematic capture and layout.
• 2+ years of hardware development across full product life cycles – concept to production.
• Experience with measurement, troubleshooting and debug skills in a lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with hardware design teams across satellite subsystems to define power requirements, interfaces, and power budgets.
• Integrate validated power converter blocks into customer board designs, owning schematic integration and working with the power integrity team on stackup, routing, and decoupling strategy.
• Drive prototype builds through PCBA manufacturing, assembly, and initial validation.
• Conduct and support design reviews for schematic, layout, and thermal considerations.
• Support board bring-up, lab testing, debug, and design verification activities.
• Provide consulting and root cause analysis for power-related issues across programs.
• Maintain block documentation, application notes, and derating summaries.
• Collaborate with the broader power team on standards, tooling, and reusable design assets.
• Support designs through their full lifecycle as needed, from concept through qualification and into production.
• Contribute to new converter development and growth into topology design, magnetics development, and power architecture ownership.

Skills

Power electronics

Hardware development

Lab testing

Debugging

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Python

Schematic capture

Job description

Amazon Leo Power Team is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to define power requirements, integrate converter blocks, and drive prototype builds for satellite hardware. You will work with design, mechanical, thermal, and electrical peers to ensure robust power architectures across programs.

The role requires a strong background in DCDC power, lab verification, and translating requirements into high-reliability hardware.