Amazon
Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Amazon Leo Power Team
$159K–$215K
Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years designing switching DC-DC power converters; experience taking designs from concept through production.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent; graduate degree in electrical engineering focused on power electronics preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Due to export control requirements, 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, validates, and qualifies custom DC-DC power converters for Amazon Leo satellites, from architecture and prototypes through integration.
What you'll do
- Own converter design from topology selection and magnetics through control-loop compensation, prototype testing, characterization, and validation.
- Lead power architecture trades, design reviews, specifications, and EMI/EMC compliance across satellite subsystems.
- Mentor engineers and coordinate with mechanical, thermal, and systems teams to resolve design constraints.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years designing switching DC-DC converters, including topology selection, magnetics design, and control-loop compensation.
- Experience taking power electronics designs from concept through production, including isolated and non-isolated topologies in production hardware.
- Lab experience measuring, troubleshooting, and debugging power electronics; experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and test procedures.
Nice to have
- Graduate degree in electrical engineering focused on power electronics; custom magnetics design.
- Experience with aerospace or high-reliability hardware, converter simulation, EMI/EMC mitigation, semiconductor tradeoffs, reliability analysis, or technical mentoring.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
LTspice, PLECS, Si, SiC, GaN
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