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Sr. Component Engineer, Amazon Leo, Electronic Supply Chain

Amazon· Hardware Development
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USA, WA, Bellevue$137.3k - $185.7kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior component engineering role within Amazon Leo (Kuiper) focusing on electronic supply chain, component selection, qualification, and supply chain risk mitigation for satellite hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with the core Commodity Engineering team while operating within the Electronic Supply Chain team
  • Serve as a senior technical authority for Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
  • Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to lead Component Failure Analysis investigations and drive systemic Corrective Actions that prevent recurrence
  • Working closely with the Global Commodity Manager and Material Program Manager team, identify and recommend potential alternate parts for risk and issue mitigation and/or cost reduction
  • Partnering with the Commodity Engineering and Electrical Engineering teams as well as the Global Commodity Managers, define the long term preferred vendor list for electronic component vendors
  • Enforce requirements compliance standards for Electrical Component Requests
  • Alternate component research to reduce supply chain risk
  • Drive equivalency research strategy to expand and diversify component options
  • Drive alignment across design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain leadership on component strategy
  • Develop, implement, and improve component related problem resolution strategies in the supply chain with Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Reliability

Qualifications

  • Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
  • Experience mentoring team members on best practices
  • Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
  • 5+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, industrial, automotive, or other high-tech industry
  • Experience working with and maintaining an eCAD library
  • Expertise with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools
  • Experience leading component qualification programs for space or aerospace applications

Skills

Required:Functional specifications and verification planningMentoringExecutive communicationComponent engineering experienceeCAD libraryPLM toolsSpace/component qualification

Benefits

  • base salary with sign-on payments and RSUs
  • comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D 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
  • parential leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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