Amazon
Senior Electrical Engineer, Satellite Avionics
$159K–$215K
Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years developing hardware across the full product lifecycle, from concept through production at scale. Preferred: 7+ years in aerospace, automotive, or similar high-reliability environments.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent; preferred 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
Leads the design, verification, integration, and production ramp of satellite avionics hardware subsystems for Amazon Leo.
What you'll do
- Own avionics subsystem delivery from architecture and requirements through production ramp, including circuit design and ECAD capture.
- Lead design reviews, bring-up, verification, qualification, debugging, and root-cause resolution.
- Drive production readiness and collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, test, and supplier teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
- Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
- Experience with PCB design and debugging, including processors, FPGAs, power supplies, and sensors; complex board designs; and ECAD schematic capture and PCB layout.
- Experience driving hardware through bring-up, validation, and integration.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience with hardware development in aerospace or other high-reliability environments, satellite or avionics systems, radiation-tolerant design, test automation, HIL, or low-level firmware.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
ECAD, PCB, processors, FPGAs, power supplies, sensors, Python, C/C++
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