Satellite Systems Engineer, Amazon Leo - Avionics Verification and Test

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.

As an Amazon Leo Satellite Systems Engineer, you will own the development and execution of test campaigns for core components of our satellites to ensure readiness for launch and performance on orbit. You will work with multiple engineering and manufacturing teams to specify test equipment requirements, develop and execute test plans, and support development and production test initiatives.

You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven"t been solved at scale before. You'll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you'll be constantly looking for ways to improve. We want individuals who want to reach beyond what is possible today. Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats, and work in a highly collaborative environment.

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 responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Evaluate, develop, and deliver innovative hardware, tooling, and processes to optimize testing capabilities and workflows.
• Lead cross-functional alignment with stakeholders across engineering disciplines (electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, firmware, manufacturing) on verification requirements, processes, and technical strategy.
• Decompose satellite verification requirements into testable sub-system specifications and develop test plans to support manufacturing validation of satellite components.
• Conduct analyses and build models (e.g., reliability models, test coverage analysis, queuing models for throughput optimization) in support of cross-functional trade space studies.
• Participate in technical risk assessments and failure mode identification (e.g., Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)) to identify design gaps.
• Deliver technical artifacts such as test plans and end-user documents.
• Communicate fluidly across a variety of teams (both technical and non-technical) to identify and quantify product risks and how they will be addressed to ensure mission success.
• Collaborate with design teams to evaluate technical design options, identify missing requirements, and escalate when designs need improvement.
• Apply systems engineering principles to balance competing requirements across electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing domains.
• Develop quantitative models and simulations to predict test coverage, identify gaps, and optimize test sequences.

A day in the life

Our time is balanced between critical support/improvement of an existing factory process and designing future systems. This can be hands-on support troubleshooting test systems or working to align teams around future needs, employing engineering best practices and tools.

The tasks and daily focus change rapidly, and you will often take on exciting new responsibilities to ensure project success. Expect to address complex problems by diving deep into the data, identifying the scope of the issue, and creating innovative and functional solutions.

About the team

This Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer II will be a member of the Avionics Verification and Test team working within the wider Satellite Vehicle Engineering team. This highly collaborative group of engineers has a diverse range of backgrounds and knowledge and works to build scalable and reliable test automation solutions to ensure reliable operation of satellite vehicles in space.

The team's responsibilities include process development, test hardware and software development, and test execution supporting our 24/7 satellite manufacturing factory.