Amazon
Phased Array DSP & Digital Beamforming Architect, Payload Architecture Team
$159K–$215K
San Diego, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in digital design in communication systems, and 7+ years in phased array DSP architecture, digital beamforming, or high-speed digital design.
- Education
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer 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
Architects digital beamforming, DSP, and data transport for phased-array payloads on Amazon Leo satellites, from early design through integration, production, and on-orbit operations.
What you'll do
- Own digital and DSP architecture across Direct-to-Device and Broadband payloads, translating system performance targets into beamforming and signal-processing designs.
- Define DPD, CFR, fronthaul, SerDes backend, throughput, capacity allocation, redundancy, and radiation-mitigation architectures; support test and on-orbit performance.
- Coordinate with silicon, communications systems, software, and other engineering teams to integrate, validate, and evolve the architecture.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- 7+ years of digital design in communication systems experience.
- 7+ years of experience in phased array DSP architecture, digital beamforming, or high-speed digital design.
- Experience with phased-array digital beamforming architecture and MATLAB, Python, or C++ modeling or simulation.
Nice to have
- Experience in Space Vehicle/Satellite Operations, Space Communications or related industry.
- Experience with DPD or CFR, high-speed SerDes or fronthaul, radiation mitigation, or redundancy in high-reliability architectures.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Python, C++, SerDes, DPD, CFR
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