Senior HW Dev Engineer , Customer Terminal

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DESCRIPTION:

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be a part of the team working on the development of advanced Customer Terminal products. You will own or contribute to the following:

-Design high-speed digital and/or RF circuitry in collaboration with various teams
-Design and optimization of different blocks of electronics sub-systems
-Schematic capture and lead PCB layout
-Design DC/DC power supply and Point of Load
-Support flow-down requirement definitions and generate test plans/procedures
-Board bring-up and perform test campaigns of modules and subsystems
-Support design of automated test systems, test fixtures and factory test
-Support the transition of the designs to mass production

Key job responsibilities
- Develop innovative customer terminal hardware architectures with partner teams.
- Schematic generation & review.
- Guide board layout through ok2fab.
- Support integrated product team as the EE hardware single threaded owner.
- Lead hardware validation for your designs & present to Director level leadership.
- Support factory team, help debug issues on the line, and burn down open tickets ahead of build readiness reviews.
- Support internal customers and participate in cross-functional troubleshooting campaigns.

Export Control Requirement:

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

About the team
The Customer Terminal Hardware Team is responsible for the full life cycle of product design. We work with partner teams to architect terminal designs, generate schematics, oversee layout, lead board bring-up and first article inspection in the factory, develop factory test requirements, lead full hardware validation, and support factory builds through every stage of the xVT phase gate process. We are responsible for closing out issues discovered in manufacturing and delivering high quality designs that will meet functional, yield, and lifetime requirements to delight our customers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Experience in hardware lab equipment such as digital scopes, logic analyzers, and soldering tools
- 7+ years of experience in high-speed digital design and/or RF designs
- Experience in signal and power integrity design and analysis

- Experience with mixed signal PCB layout designs
- Experience in using schematic capture tool and PCB layout viewer

- Experience with board bring up and debugging in lab environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Master's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

- Experience with analog or board simulation (ex: SPICE, Hyper Lynx)
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Familiarity with analog electronics fundamentals (transistors, op-amps, filters, etc)
- Familiarity with DC power supply designs
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC design mitigation

- Experience with Mentor Graphics or Cadence layout tools
- Proficiency in developing lab test programs for instrument control

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