Amazon
HW Dev Engineer II - Payload, Amazon Leo Hardware Development
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in electrical engineering or equivalent experience; 3+ years of industrial experience; 1+ year of high-speed digital design experience; 2+ years each using schematic and lab equipment.
- 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 satellite hardware for Amazon LEO, from circuit design and prototypes through testing, qualification, and production.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize satellite circuitry and proof-of-concept hardware; lead and review PCB layout.
- Collaborate with radiation, power, mechanical, thermal, RF, and software teams.
- Develop automated test systems and fixtures, and support hardware bring-up and qualification testing.
What they ask for
- Experience with prototyping and implementation.
- 4+ years of electrical engineering work or equivalent experience; 3+ years of industrial experience, especially board-level analog/digital design.
- 1+ years of high-speed digital design, multi-gigabit SERDES, signal and power integrity experience.
- 2+ years using schematic and 2+ years using lab equipment; experience with Mentor Graphics or Cadence layout tools.
Nice to have
- Master of Science or PhD in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
- Familiarity with analog fundamentals and power supply design; experience with prototype bring-up/debugging or instrument-control programming.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Mentor Graphics, Cadence, multi-gigabit SERDES, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative