Amazon
Satellite Hardware Engineer, Bus Structures
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 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
Designs and integrates spacecraft structural hardware and vehicle architectures, taking designs from concept through production and supporting testing and launch integration.
What you'll do
- Develop spacecraft structures and integrate subsystems into a cohesive mechanical design.
- Perform engineering trade studies and detailed designs balancing performance, manufacturability, mass, cost, schedule, and integration needs.
- Support structural analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing, launch integration, hardware issue resolution, and PLM configuration and release.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience designing complex mechanical products and equipment at volume.
- Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects.
- Experience with CAD tools and engineering documentation; 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, mechanical testing, product integration, systems engineering, or PLM systems.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
CAD, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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