Amazon
Hardware Reliability Engineer, Amazon Leo - Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL)
$117K–$160K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- Industry experience required; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, material engineering, mechanical engineering or related fields.
- 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
Develops and executes reliability strategies, testing, and analyses for optical inter-satellite link hardware to meet qualification and lifetime requirements in the LEO environment.
What you'll do
- Build reliability models, requirements, and verification plans; apply Design for Reliability principles.
- Perform FMEA, fault tree, root cause, failure, and statistical analyses; drive corrective actions.
- Plan and conduct reliability testing, support qualification, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, materials, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
- Industry experience with reliability engineering principles and methodologies, including reliability models, statistical analysis, FTA, HALT, HASS, ALT, and RDT.
- Experience with failure analysis and root cause investigation.
- Experience with data analysis and scripting using Python, MATLAB, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience with optics, opto-electronics, or optical communication systems.
- Master's degree or above in engineering or equivalent.
Pay
117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, MATLAB, Weibull, Telcordia GR-468, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-810, JEDEC, IEC 61709
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