Sr Electrical Hardware Development Engineer, Amazon Prime Air

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Prime Air seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware and avionic systems for the drones. Based in Seattle, you will work with our team to deploy new hardware and avionic architectures, coordinating with vendors for hardware development and testing.

This role requires a strong background in hardware design, component reliability, and experience across consumer electronics or aerospace-related fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• 6+ years hardware design and validation experience.
• Experience with consumer electronics, power electronics, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or communications.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design avionic compute and distributed system hardware.
• Design and test analog/digital devices including navigation hardware and DC-DC converters.
• Perform circuit analysis, simulate, size components, and create schematics/PCB layouts.
• Coordinate with suppliers/partners and drive hardware from concept to mass production.
• Develop hardware requirements/specifications and verify designs.
• Conduct DO-160/DO-254 formal verification testing.
• Prototype hardware and systems in labs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Allegro

CAM350

AutoCAD Electrical (2010+)

Job description

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware and related Avionic systems and architecture for Prime Air Drones. This includes, Avionic compute and Avionics distributed systems hardware. In this role you will be working with our Seattle based team to help to deploy new hardware and Avionics architecture systems for Prime Air Drones. You will work with internal and external vendors to support hardware development, manufacturing and test.

Export Control License: This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon's ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf

Key job responsibilities

• Architecture and Hardware Designs, develops, Avionic compute and distributed system hardware (air data probes, lidar, radar, gnss antennas)
• Design and test other analog/digital devices components such as navigation hardware, satellite communication, air data probes, DC-DC converts and protection circuitry.
• Perform electrical analyses, circuit simulation, components sizing and selection, create electrical schematics and PCB layouts.
• Support engineering trades, estimates and interact with suppliers/partners on critical components and develop hardware from concept to mass production.
• Support developing hardware and component level requirements/specifications.
• Increase the engineering rigor behind designs, verification, and documentation.
• Perform prototype hardware and systems in labs.
• Perform formal verification testing including DO-160 and DO-254

About the team

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization.

How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog(https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drone-reveal-photos).

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability
• Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• 6+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience
• 6+ years of electrical engineering work experience in Consumer Electronics, Power Electronics, Robotics, Aerospace, Automotive, and/or Communications fields or combination thereof.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Experience collaborating with the ECAD/physical board designer and able to review PCB designs with Allegro, CAM350, or equivalent
• 5+ years of developing electrical schematics using AutoCAD Electrical (2010 or newer) experience
• 5+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
• Experience in new hardware product development

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually