Senior Satellite Avionics Electrical Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Leo is building a low Earth orbit satellite network to deliver fast broadband globally. We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Inter-Satellite Link Avionics team, focusing on analog sensor conditioning, motor control, embedded digital electronics, and power regulation across spacecraft interfaces.

You will own board design, bring-up, test planning, and system verification, collaborating with multiple spacecraft teams.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years hardware development across consumer electronics, power electronics, robotics, aerospace, or similar.
• Deep knowledge of board-level electrical hardware design, sensors, embedded digital systems, and power regulation.
• Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and debugging of components like SoCs, FPGAs, memories, and sensors.
• Experience with high-reliability electronics and motor/actuator-control electronics.

Responsibilities

• Own board design and component selection, layout review, bring-up, and testing.
• Perform root-cause analysis at subsystem and system levels.
• Collaborate with multiple HW/SW teams and end-users across spacecraft programs.

Skills

Board design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

High-speed interfaces

Power regulation

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. or PhD in EE

Tools

LTspice

MATLAB

ECAD tools

Job description

Amazon Leo is building a low Earth orbit satellite network to deliver fast broadband globally. We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Inter-Satellite Link Avionics team, focusing on analog sensor conditioning, motor control, embedded digital electronics, and power regulation across spacecraft interfaces.

You will own board design, bring-up, test planning, and system verification, collaborating with multiple spacecraft teams.