Senior Satellite Avionics Hardware Engineer

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Medina (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Senior Aerospace Hardware Engineer to join the avionics hardware development team, delivering critical satellite hardware from concept through production ramp.

You will drive design reviews, circuit design, and ECAD activities while coordinating with systems, firmware, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure robust, high-quality hardware for space-based missions.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
• 5+ years of hardware development across the full product lifecycle (concept through production at scale).
• Experience with PCB design and debug, including processors, FPGAs, power supplies, and sensors.
• Experience with complex board designs (e.g., high-speed interfaces, power electronics, or high-reliability systems).
• Experience using ECAD tools for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience driving hardware through bring-up, validation, and integration.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of satellite avionics subsystems, from architecture and requirements through production ramp, in partnership with peer engineers.
• Lead system and subsystem architecture, translating mission requirements into manufacturable hardware designs.
• Drive circuit design, analysis, and ECAD schematic capture to meet performance and reliability targets.
• Lead hardware design reviews (architecture, schematic, PCB layout) and set the technical bar for design quality.
• Develop and execute bring-up, verification, and qualification test strategies.
• Lead debugging and root cause resolution across development, qualification, and production, working closely with design and test engineers.
• Establish requirements, traceability, and verification frameworks for hardware subsystems.
• Lead production readiness and ramp, including test strategy, yield improvement, and issue resolution.
• Influence cross-functional teams (systems, firmware, manufacturing, test, suppliers) to deliver program milestones.
• Act as a technical leader, raising engineering standards and developing other engineers.

Skills

Hardware design

PCB design

ECAD tools

System integration

Schematic capture

Testing & verification

Python

C/C++

Radiation-tolerant design

Education

Master's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ECAD tools

Python

C/C++

PCB layout tools

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking a Senior Aerospace Hardware Engineer to join the avionics hardware development team, delivering critical satellite hardware from concept through production ramp.

You will drive design reviews, circuit design, and ECAD activities while coordinating with systems, firmware, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure robust, high-quality hardware for space-based missions.