Sr Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo

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.

We're looking for a Sr Electrical Engineer to lead process development and root cause analysis.

As Engineer for a Line Replaceable unit at Amazon Leo, you will be directly responsible for failure root cause and analysis, production process development and improvement of a key module on our next generation spacecraft. You'll be the leading technical voice for a team of manufacturing engineers working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with delivering an ultra-high-performing optical, electrical, and mechatronic module to space.

You will serve as a key lynchpin connection design/development, factory operations, quality engineering, program management, and more as you drive the manufacturing processes, we use from initial production introduction to full rate production.

You'll solve complex industrial challenges associated with balancing production velocity, exceptional quality, and cost competitive production concepts while ensuring smooth technical execution of current production operations. You'll be a key animating force in the increase in production capacity through vision & execution of capital investment for production scaling & automation.

Key job responsibilities

- Conceptualize, design, develop, and improve production processes (assembly, integration, test processes) through collaboration/leadership of a team of manufacturing engineers.

- Serve as a technical lead on failure analysis. Drive yield improvement through process change.

- Develops standard rework procedures, test coverage improvements, and board-level DFM feedback.

- Investigate and introduce new manufacturing test technology and methodology to enhance production efficiency.

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.

A day in the life

- 25% - On the shop floor, working with production teams to implement new processes, review & solve key technical blockers in production, performing production development testing, etc.

- 25% - Independent development work such as deep diving on available data sets to identify and implement key production improvement actions, acting on quality escapes by developing and implementing new quality control measures, developing & executing to existing roadmaps for capacity increase, process simplification, etc.

- 40% - Meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.

- 10% - Mentorship settings with other engineers on the team, performing collaborative work & coaching to develop the team members skillsets, while ensuring common team execution to your technical vision

About the team

The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. The Manufacturing Engineering Team is the technical arm of this organization, with 40+ engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production. As a Lead Engineer, you will be the technical leader of a team of 4-6 manufacturing engineers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

- Experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design

- Experience in CAD skills, including being capable of developing 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, sensors

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MS or PhD in Electrical with 5+ years' industry experience.

- Demonstrated understanding of quality metrics, process characterization and mapping, Product Quality / Reliability / Improvement techniques, LEAN Manufacturing, DFM/DFT, and Continuous Process Improvement.

- Understand Design for Testability, Design for Manufacturability.

- 4+ years of embedded firmware development experience.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, WA, Redmond - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually