Amazon
Senior HW Dev Engineer-Payload, Leo PAA Hardware
$159K–$215K
Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or above 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
Designs and develops satellite payload electronics and phased-array hardware from concept through production, including validation, testing, and manufacturing transition.
What you'll do
- Own PCBA development, design and optimize electronics subsystems, and lead schematic capture and PCB layout.
- Engage PCB vendors, optimize board stack-ups, and develop test plans, fixtures, and automated factory tests.
- Bring up and test boards and modules, support production transition, and coordinate with cross-functional teams and suppliers.
What they ask for
- Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience in system-level architecture and board-level design, layout, motherboard and PCB design, schematic capture, stack-up, and circuit board layout.
- Experience with lab equipment and high-speed digital design, multi-gigabit SERDES, and signal integrity.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience taking product designs from concept to production with interdisciplinary teams; technical project management, analog fundamentals, prototype debugging, or power supply design.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
PCBA, PCB, multi-gigabit SERDES, digital scopes, logic analyzers
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