Amazon
Opto-Mech Lab Engineer, Amazon Leo
Redmond, NV · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in a listed hardware or engineering environment; 4+ years in aerospace hardware assembly, integration, and test.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or above in engineering, physics, or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- 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
Performs assembly, integration, and qualification testing of opto-mechanical and fiber optic hardware for Amazon Leo’s free-space optical communications systems.
What you'll do
- Assemble, integrate, test, and characterize opto-mechanical and fiber optic hardware, optical assemblies, and laser systems.
- Execute aerospace hardware qualification tests, collect data, document results, and flag anomalies or schedule risks.
- Maintain build quality and cleanliness; improve procedures and collaborate with engineering teams on integration challenges and manufacturability.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance, or hands-on engineering environment experience.
- Bachelor's degree or above in engineering, physics, or equivalent.
- 4+ years of hands-on aerospace hardware assembly, integration, and test experience in development or production.
- Experience executing aerospace or defense hardware qualification test campaigns and coordinating concurrent lab tasks using ticketing or project management tools.
Nice to have
- Fiber optic splicing, termination, polishing, and characterization; opto-mechanical assembly or optical measurement experience.
- Cleanroom or controlled-lab experience, satellite/aerospace/defense optical systems familiarity, FRACAS, or automated test experience.
Tools
fiber optic, GSE, FRACAS, ticketing or project management tools
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