Power Electronics Engineer, Leo Power Team

Power Electronics Engineer, Amazon Leo Power Team

Job :  | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. The Power Electronics Design team provides power solutions across the entire satellite, working with hardware programs to deliver designs that end up on orbit.

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.

• Work directly with hardware design teams across multiple satellite subsystems to define power requirements, interfaces, and power budgets.
• Integrate validated power converter blocks into customer board designs, owning schematic integration and collaborating with the power integrity team on stackup, routing, and decoupling strategy.
• Drive prototype builds through PCBA manufacturing, assembly, and initial validation.
• Conduct and support design reviews for schematic, layout, and thermal considerations.
• Support board bring‑up, lab testing, debug, and design verification activities.
• Provide consulting and root cause analysis for power‑related issues across programs.
• Maintain block documentation, application notes, and derating summaries.
• Collaborate with the broader power team on standards, tooling, and reusable design assets.
• Support designs through their full lifecycle as needed, from concept through qualification and into production.
• Contribute to new converter development and grow into topology design, magnetics development, and power architecture ownership.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of experience in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and debugging switching DCDC power supplies, including component selection, schematic capture, and layout.
• 2+ years of experience in hardware development across full product life cycles – concept to production.
• Experience with measurement, troubleshooting and debug skills in a lab environment.

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with focus on power electronics.
• Experience with power architecture definition, load analysis, or power budget development.
• Familiarity with derating analysis and reliability practices for high‑reliability environments.
• Knowledge of common DCDC topologies (buck, boost, flyback, isolated bus converters).
• Experience supporting hardware through design verification transitions.
• Python or scripting for design analysis and automation.
• Experience in aerospace, satellite, or space‑grade hardware environments.
• Experience writing or decomposing requirements and interface control documents.
• Strong cross‑team communication, comfortable working as the power point of contact for a program.

The base salary range for this position is $ - $ USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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