Amazon
Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of hardware development across multiple phases of the product life cycle.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Designs and tests electrical and avionics hardware for Amazon Leo’s optical inter-satellite link, from board design through system integration and root-cause analysis.
What you'll do
- Design boards and select components; review layouts and support board bring-up.
- Develop test plans and perform verification, qualification, and debugging at subsystem and system levels.
- Review and improve electrical designs while collaborating with spacecraft hardware and software teams.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of hardware-development experience across multiple product-life-cycle phases in one or more listed industries.
- Technical depth in board-level electrical hardware design, including relevant analog, digital, interface, control, or power-regulation areas.
- Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and debugging; schematic capture and PCB-layout ECAD tools; and bench testing with oscilloscopes and other lab equipment.
Nice to have
- M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in multiple listed hardware-development areas, such as precision analog, motor control, embedded systems, high-speed design, power supplies, or circuit simulation.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
PCB, ECAD, oscilloscopes, ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, LTspice, MATLAB
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