Drimva

Amazon

Sr Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo

$137K–$186K

Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 5, 2026

Experience
7+ years of electro-optical hardware development. Preferred: MS or PhD in Electrical with 5+ years’ industry experience; 4+ years of embedded firmware development.
Education
Bachelor's degree in electrical 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 manufacturing process development, failure analysis, and yield and capacity improvements for a spacecraft optical, electrical, and mechatronic module.

What you'll do

  • Design and improve assembly, integration, and test processes with manufacturing engineers.
  • Lead failure analysis and drive yield improvement through process changes; develop rework procedures and improve test coverage.
  • Introduce manufacturing test methods and technologies, and advance production capacity through scaling and automation.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
  • Experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design, and CAD skills sufficient to develop an integrated automation layout unassisted.
  • 7+ years of experience with electro-optical hardware development, including analog/mixed-signal design.
  • Experience with PCB design and debugging, including amplifiers, FPGAs, photodiodes, ADCs, and sensors.

Nice to have

  • MS or PhD in Electrical with 5+ years’ industry experience; understanding of quality metrics, process improvement, LEAN Manufacturing, DFM/DFT, and Design for Testability and Manufacturability.
  • 4+ years of embedded firmware development experience.

Pay

137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

CAD, PCB, FPGAs, photodiodes, ADCs, sensors, LEAN Manufacturing, DFM/DFT

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)