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Amazon · 2 weeks ago

Manager, Electrical Engineering, Avionics

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$136K/yr - $235K/yr

7+ years exp

Amazon is launching a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide broadband connectivity to underserved communities. They are seeking a technical leader to manage the Electrical Engineering team for the Satellite Avionics Bus, overseeing hardware development and cross-functional collaboration.

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U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the vision and execution for avionics hardware development for the Satellite Avionics Bus

Work with key stakeholders across hardware and software development teams to define subsystem requirements

Work within the Electrical & Test engineering team(s) to develop, test, and deliver hardware subsystems for the flight computer, power delivery, RF systems, and sensing systems on the satellite avionics bus

Develop and manage development processes, including architecture reviews, requirement reviews, hardware design reviews, build release reviews, test results reviews, and flight release reviews

Partner with cross-functional teams including antenna & RF engineering, mechanical engineering, software, test, integration, reliability, compliance/regulatory, manufacturing, program management, etc

Hire, lead, and guide the various aspects of the avionics electrical engineering team through architecture, trade studies, technology selection, component selection, circuit design and analysis, schematic capture, design reviews, PCB stack-up design, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, testing, characterization, debugging, and productization

Lead the planning and execution for electrical component and subsystem test plans to ensure robust electrical designs for space applications

You will lead your team for a variety of tasks for avionics subsystems, from board design, to board bring-up, design validation, and integration

You will work with a cross functional team to perform design validation and qualification testing for your subsystem

Your team will be the subject matter experts that interfaces with the vehicle integration & test and operations teams from test planning through launch and on orbit operations

Your team will be responsible for evaluating hardware health telemetry across test and operations while also developing processes to troubleshoot and to incorporate design improvements for issues discovered

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringHardware DevelopmentPCB DesignTeam ManagementSoCsFPGAsECAD ToolsRF DesignTest EquipmentInterdisciplinary CollaborationPython ScriptingLow-Level FirmwareSpace Hardware QualificationProject Management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

3+ years experience managing an electrical engineering team

7+ years designing and/or testing with SoCs, DRAMs, FPGAs, multi-gigabit interfaces, power converters, sensors, operational amplifiers, ADCs/DACs, high speed printed circuit boards, and harnessing

7+ years in hardware development across the full product life cycle (concept to production at scale) in Consumer Electronics, Power Electronics, Robotics, Aerospace, Automotive, and/or Communications fields or combination thereof

Experience with schematic and layout ECAD tools

Experience with PCB design and debugging, including microprocessors, FPGAs, power supplies, and sensors

Experience with complex board designs, including high-speed interconnects, high-reliability designs, avionics, vehicle control systems, and/or motor & actuator control electronics

Preferred

Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

Experience with the project management of technical projects

Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

Experience with developing scripts and/or software (Python) that aid the development or testing of hardware

Experience automating, building, integrating, and testing systems

Experience in development and test of satellite bus systems

Experience with integration of systems into aerospace/avionics enclosures

Experience with operations of aerospace/avionics systems

Electronics design/qualification experience with radiation environments or radiation tolerant hardware

Experience with low-level firmware development and integration

Experience with RF design and test equipment

Experience with space hardware qualification (MIL Std 1540 / SMC-S-016)

Experience in two or more areas: EMI/EMC test, hardware-in-the-loop testing, design verification test, radiation test, reliability test, and vehicle integration & test

Experience developing requirements, test plans, and test procedures for design verification, qualification, and/or manufacturing test

Experience designing and delivering test systems to support design verification, qualification, reliability, and/or manufacturing testing

Experience with setup, control and automation of lab equipment like spectrum analyzers, signal generators, electronic loads, power supplies, network analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, etc

Experience with control and automation of thermal chambers for hardware product testing