Amazon
Satellite Hardware Engineer, Bus Structures
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Jul 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
- 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 integrates spacecraft structural hardware and vehicle architectures, balancing performance, manufacturability, and subsystem needs from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Develop spacecraft structural hardware, mechanical designs, and vehicle architectures; integrate multiple subsystems.
- Conduct engineering trade studies and support structural analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing, and launch integration.
- Resolve hardware issues and manage flight-hardware configuration through the Product Lifecycle Management release process.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience with CAD tools and engineering documentation.
- Experience working on multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Understanding of mechanical design fundamentals, structural analysis, materials, and manufacturing processes.
Nice to have
- Experience developing aerospace, spacecraft, defense, automotive, or other highly integrated hardware systems.
- Experience with structural analysis, finite element analysis, or mechanical testing.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
CAD, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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