Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer - Drone Avionics & Systems

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Prime Air seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware and avionic systems for the drones. Based in Seattle, you will work with our team to deploy new hardware and avionic architectures, coordinating with vendors for hardware development and testing.

This role requires a strong background in hardware design, component reliability, and experience across consumer electronics or aerospace-related fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• 6+ years hardware design and validation experience.
• Experience with consumer electronics, power electronics, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or communications.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design avionic compute and distributed system hardware.
• Design and test analog/digital devices including navigation hardware and DC-DC converters.
• Perform circuit analysis, simulate, size components, and create schematics/PCB layouts.
• Coordinate with suppliers/partners and drive hardware from concept to mass production.
• Develop hardware requirements/specifications and verify designs.
• Conduct DO-160/DO-254 formal verification testing.
• Prototype hardware and systems in labs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Allegro

CAM350

AutoCAD Electrical (2010+)

Job description

Amazon Prime Air seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware and avionic systems for the drones. Based in Seattle, you will work with our team to deploy new hardware and avionic architectures, coordinating with vendors for hardware development and testing.

This role requires a strong background in hardware design, component reliability, and experience across consumer electronics or aerospace-related fields.