Amazon
Satellite Hardware Engineer, Bus Structures
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 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
Design and integrate spacecraft bus structures and mechanical architectures from concept through production, supporting testing, manufacturing, launch integration, and flight-hardware configuration.
What you'll do
- Design spacecraft structural hardware and integrate subsystems into a cohesive mechanical design.
- Develop detailed designs and trade studies balancing performance, manufacturability, mass, cost, schedule, and integration needs.
- Support structural analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing, launch integration, root-cause investigations, and PLM release.
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 with aerospace, spacecraft, defense, automotive, or other highly integrated hardware systems.
- Experience with structural analysis, finite element analysis, mechanical testing, product integration, systems engineering, or PLM systems.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
CAD, finite element analysis, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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