As an Electrical Hardware Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for end-to-end hardware development lifecycle across design, validation, and manufacturing for flight-critical avionics systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams - including propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, production - to meet the highest standards of safety and reliability.
Key job responsibilities
Own the product development lifecycle of hardware within the avionics system
Develop and execute verification and validation test plans, including qualification and compliance against aerospace standards (e.g., DO-160, DO-254)
Bring up EE hardware, validate interfaces, and unblock system integration across the flight computer and connected sensor subsystems
Lead root cause analysis of hardware failures across hardware/software interfaces, then develop corrective actions and implement fixes in production hardware
Drive DFM and DFR with fabrication, assembly, and qualification vendors, and lead manufacturing, in-service, and reliability initiatives for avionics hardware in production
About the team
Prime Air is Amazon's autonomous drone delivery service. Our mission is to build a safe, ultra-fast, and convenient drone delivery system that transforms the way packages are delivered to customers worldwide. Avionics Hardware Team at Prime Air develops and sustains Electrical and Electronics (EE) Hardware for the avionics systems of autonomous drones - including flight computers, air data sensors, cameras, radars, lighting systems, and electrical wiring interconnect systems - at Amazon's delivery scale.
