Senior RF Systems Integration & Test — Satellite Leo

Amazon; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a RF Systems Integration and Test engineer in the United States to define and bring up high-throughput wireless solutions for Amazon Leo satellites. You will work across PHY, RF, MAC, firmware, and testbed teams to enable seamless integration and robust performance in lab environments.

The role requires 5+ years in L1/L2 or beamforming, and hands-on experience with RF lab equipment, MATLAB, Python, and scripting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in L1/L2 or beamforming.
• Experience with RF lab equipment, bring-up, test and integration activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up, integration, and debugging of advanced PHY/MAC and beamforming radio systems.
• Architect and execute 3GPP-based testing for satellite-to-ground links and define equipment requirements for conformance testing.
• Collaborate across PHY, RF, MAC, firmware, and testbed teams to ensure seamless integration and high performance.
• Understand Doppler pre/post compensation techniques and test them in lab environments for 3GPP.
• Trade link budgets and verify RF line-up for payloads in RF/IF configurations.
• Characterize performance, analyze data, and root-cause system-level issues.
• Work on power, clock, RF, air, network debugging in lab and develop test bring-up procedures with Linux/Python/bash.
• Experience with wireless synchronization and signal generators to verify timing and frequency requirements.
• Knowledge of LTE/5G/6G protocols and end-to-end network architecture.

Skills

Beamforming

L1/L2 testing

Wireless system design

System integration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Masters/PhD in wireless communications

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Python

Perl

Wireshark

Git

Lab equipment

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Amazon is seeking a RF Systems Integration and Test engineer in the United States to define and bring up high-throughput wireless solutions for Amazon Leo satellites. You will work across PHY, RF, MAC, firmware, and testbed teams to enable seamless integration and robust performance in lab environments.

The role requires 5+ years in L1/L2 or beamforming, and hands-on experience with RF lab equipment, MATLAB, Python, and scripting.