Amazon
Mechanical Design Engineer
$117K–$160K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience; preferred: 5+ years of experience with development, test, deployment of aerospace systems.
- Education
- BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- 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 qualifies mechanical ground support equipment, fixtures, and tooling for Amazon Leo satellite payloads, supporting assembly, alignment, testing, and manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Develop 3D and 2D mechanical designs and related analyses for manufacturing ground support equipment in Siemens NX.
- Design fixtures and tooling, participate in design reviews, and build and qualify equipment.
- Collaborate with spacecraft, hardware/software, and integration teams and end users.
What they ask for
- BS in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience with prototyping and implementation; PCBA fabrication and electronic enclosures; fiber-optic handling.
- Experience with CAD design in NX and TeamCenter, DFM/DFA and manufacturing process development, GD&T and tolerance analysis, and production fixturing and tooling.
Nice to have
- Experience designing complex mechanical products and equipment at volume.
- Knowledge of Ansys Finite Element analysis tool.
Pay
117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, NX, TeamCenter, Ansys Finite Element analysis tool, JIRA, Confluence
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