Senior Spacecraft Bus Structures Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a Sr. Satellite Hardware Engineer for the Bus Structures team to define the spacecraft physical architecture and integrate subsystems into a cohesive, flight-ready vehicle.

You will collaborate across Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, RF, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, performing trade studies and detailing designs from concept to production to ensure manufacturability and reliability in orbit.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume.
• Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects.
• Experience with CAD tools and engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop spacecraft structural hardware and vehicle architectures.
• Integrate multiple spacecraft subsystems into a cohesive mechanical design.
• Perform engineering trade studies balancing structural performance, manufacturability, mass, cost, schedule, and integration requirements.
• Develop detailed mechanical designs from concept through production.
• Collaborate across Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, RF, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering.
• Support structural analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing, and launch integration activities.
• Resolve hardware issues through root cause analysis and engineering problem solving.
• Contribute to the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) release process and configuration of flight hardware.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

CAD tools

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Problem solving

Communications

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a Sr. Satellite Hardware Engineer for the Bus Structures team to define the spacecraft physical architecture and integrate subsystems into a cohesive, flight-ready vehicle.

You will collaborate across Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, RF, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, performing trade studies and detailing designs from concept to production to ensure manufacturability and reliability in orbit.