Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer – Flight-Critical

Amazon.com LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com LLC, Prime Air, Seattle, is seeking a Sr. Electrical Hardware Engineer to drive end-to-end hardware development for flight-critical avionics systems, collaborating with propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, and production teams.

You will own the hardware development lifecycle, develop verification and validation plans per DO-160/DO-254, lead root-cause analysis, and advance DFMA/DFR with suppliers to ensure reliability in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical/computer engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years hardware engineering experience in avionics or related field.
• Root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leadership.
• PCB design experience: schematic capture, stack-up, board layout.
• Proficiency with EE hardware tools such as Altium, OrCAD, MATLAB/Simulink.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware development lifecycle within avionics systems.
• Develop and execute verification/validation plans and compliance against DO-160, DO-254.
• Bring up EE hardware, validate interfaces, and enable system integration.
• Lead root cause analysis across hardware/software interfaces and implement fixes.
• Drive design for manufacturability and reliability with vendors.
• Lead manufacturing and reliability initiatives for avionics hardware.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Mentor / tech lead

PCB design

Schematic capture

Board layout

Electrical hardware design

Product lifecycle coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in EE/CE

Master's degree in EE/CE (preferred)

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Amazon.com LLC, Prime Air, Seattle, is seeking a Sr. Electrical Hardware Engineer to drive end-to-end hardware development for flight-critical avionics systems, collaborating with propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, and production teams.

You will own the hardware development lifecycle, develop verification and validation plans per DO-160/DO-254, lead root-cause analysis, and advance DFMA/DFR with suppliers to ensure reliability in production.