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 seek professionals who are eager to join an ambitious project that continues to push the state of the art in satellite system design, verification test, and operations. Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. We are looking for a Sr. Avionics Test Engineer who combines superb technical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. You will work with a team of top-notch engineers and will collaborate with multiple spacecraft design, test, and operations teams. 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. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun, and make a positive impact on tens of millions of people.
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
• Define requirements for test methods used in design verification and qualification test campaigns.
• Develop test methods and automated test station hardware to be used in engineering labs and production test environments
• Work to optimize manufacturing test flows for avionics systems, improving quality, efficiency, rate, and overall robustness of the process flow.
• Review and approve manufacturing processes and/or work procedures for test of avionics LRUs.
• Provide training and improve work instructions for production operators to reduce need for engineering support on repeat issues.
• Design, maintain and update test station documentation including troubleshooting guides and work instructions.
• Improve test stability, reduce test time, and guarantee the quality of the measurement data.
• Work with production manufacturing engineering to improve process flow and reduce test set up and workmanship errors.
• Work with the quality and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure high quality space flight hardware.
• Execute test rack commissioning for new production test stations or upgrades to existing stations due to new design revisions.
• Work with Liaison Engineers to troubleshoot and repair test set ups.
• Develop reporting tools on manufacturing KPIs.
A day in the life
As a Sr. Avionics Test Engineer you will work within the avionics engineering team to develop test solutions for qualification, design verification, and production test of satellite avionics hardware Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). You will be responsible for effectively testing the design and developing a production test solution for local manufacturing and contract manufacturers working with the electrical engineering, liaison engineering, test software, and manufacturing teams to root-cause issues for both PCBAs/LRUs and test systems. You will strive for process excellence, looking for opportunities to improve yield and efficiency. You will be an expert in how your subsystem(s) are tested and provide training support for manufacturing technicians, as well as co-develop and sign off on manufacturing procedures. This position requires a technical understanding of functions of avionics subsystems and strong lab and test skills. You will have the opportunity to dive deep on our PCBA designs and test systems and must be able to effectively work cross-functionally with multiple disciplines.
About the team
Our team designs, tests, and delivers avionics subsystems such as the flight computer, power management and delivery, RF, and sensing subsystems on the satellite bus. Our team designs and delivers the test systems that enable qualifying and acceptance testing these hardware subsystems for the satellite. We take ownership and work hard to deliver the highest quality solutions to support the long-term success of Amazon Leo. This team consists of a broad set of technical backgrounds, and we look forward to welcoming people that are excited to help us deliver broadband internet to underserved communities!
