Sr. Satellite Hardware Development Engineer, Leo
Listed on 2026-09-07
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Engineering
Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer
Sr. Satellite Hardware Development Engineer, Amazon Leo
Job : | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
Amazon LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead the design workstream on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting gateway systems in industry. You will engage with an experienced team to conceive and design the gateway aimed at delighting customers with affordable, reliable, high bandwidth connectivity. You will work closely with Amazon LEO's various sub-teams and engage third party suppliers to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and test.
The Hardware Engineer will have a complete understanding of how their design changes impact downstream partners such as operations, supply chain, product management, and reliability.
Amazon strongly believes in Ownership and you will have the opportunity to own your designs from concept through production. You will own or contribute to the following:
- Own the ground gateway gigabit data rate modem design from concept through production
- Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub-systems
- Design digital circuitry supporting various protocols in collaboration with various teams
- Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout
- Optimize PCB stack-up for performance and cost
- Complete board bring-up and perform test campaigns for different modules and subsystems
- Support the transition of the designs to production with the contract manufacturer
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.
Key job responsibilitiesAmazon LEO is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will lead the design workstream on some of the most innovative, challenging, and exciting gateway systems in industry. You will engage with an experienced team to conceive and design the gateway aimed at delighting customers with affordable, reliable, high bandwidth connectivity. You will work closely with Amazon LEO's various sub-teams and engage third party suppliers to drive product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and test.
The Hardware Engineer will have a complete understanding of how their design changes impact downstream partners such as operations, supply chain, product management, and reliability.
Amazon strongly believes in Ownership and you will have the opportunity to own your designs from concept through production. You will own or contribute to the following:
- Own the ground gateway gigabit data rate modem design from concept through production
- Design and optimize different blocks of electronics sub-systems
- Design digital circuitry supporting various protocols in collaboration with various teams
- Lead and review schematic capture and PCB layout
- Optimize PCB stack-up for performance and cost
- Complete board bring-up and perform test campaigns for different modules and subsystems
- Support the transition of the designs to production with the contract manufacturer
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 teamThe Gateway team is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, validation, qualification, and new product introduction to manufacturing for all satellite and ground gateway assemblies. These systems will meet performance requirements defined by the RF/modem team as well as environmental and reliability requirements defined by the mechanical team. To this end, the gateway team collaborates closely with…
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