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Aerospace HW Dev Engineer, Antenna Payload Validation

Amazon· Hardware Development
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Redmond, WA$96.6k - $160kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Hardware Development Engineer focused on design, bring-up, and validation of phased array antenna hardware for Amazon Leo constellation, including circuits, boards, lab bring-up, and collaboration with RF, firmware, and test teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design circuits and boards for antenna subsystems and test hardware, including schematic capture and PCB layout review
  • Bring up new boards and prototypes in the lab, and debug power, clocking, and digital or RF signal problems
  • Characterize hardware performance using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, power meters, and signal generators
  • Write test plans and run validation testing to confirm designs meet their requirements
  • Use Linux-based tools and scripts to command and operate the phased array during bring-up, integration, and test
  • Analyze test results, find the root cause of failures, and help drive design fixes
  • Work with RF, firmware, and test engineers to integrate new hardware into the larger antenna system
  • Support production teams by investigating hardware failures found in manufacturing test
  • Document designs, test procedures, and results

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
  • Experience designing or debugging analog, digital, power, or RF circuits through coursework, internships, projects, or industry work
  • Experience with schematic capture or PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence, KiCad)
  • Experience using electronics or RF test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, power meters, or signal generators

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering fundamentalsSchematic capture / PCB designRF test equipment
Nice to have:RF and/or mixed-signal designLab bring-up and hardware validationProgramming for test automation

Benefits

  • 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
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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