Senior Satellite Avionics Systems Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer for avionics hardware on the Amazon Leo satellite program. You will own systems engineering from architecture to on-orbit support and lead cross-functional hardware teams.

The role emphasizes defining interfaces, verification, and production readiness across the full product lifecycle with focus on reliability and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with architecture or system engineering.
• 5+ years developing complex hardware systems end-to-end.
• Experience defining and managing interfaces between hardware, firmware, software, or vehicle-level systems.
• Experience developing requirements traceability and verification plans.
• Experience supporting hardware integration, verification, validation, or qualification.
• Experience leading system-level technical trades and root cause resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own the systems engineering execution for avionics hardware from architecture to on-orbit support.
• Lead product-level hardware architecture translating needs into design requirements.
• Develop and maintain product requirements, interfaces, and verification traceability.
• Define and manage interfaces between avionics hardware and the satellite.
• Lead reviews: requirements, architecture, interfaces, and verification readiness.
• Drive cross-functional decisions to meet performance, safety, manufacturability, and testability.
• Develop and execute verification strategies to show design compliance.
• Maintain traceability and verification evidence across lifecycle.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Traceability & verification

Hardware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer for avionics hardware on the Amazon Leo satellite program. You will own systems engineering from architecture to on-orbit support and lead cross-functional hardware teams.

The role emphasizes defining interfaces, verification, and production readiness across the full product lifecycle with focus on reliability and safety.