Amazon is hiring: Senior Payload Integration & Test Engineer, Amazon LEO in Los

Senior Payload Integration & Test Engineer, Amazon LEO

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. Come work at Amazon!

As a Sr. Payload I&T Engineer you will be responsible for integration and test activities for various payload related features for the LEO satellite, ground gateway and the customer terminals. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Amazon LEO’s inter‑disciplinary team to support both lab payload testing, troubleshooting and reproducing on‑orbit issues in the lab. This will include test definition, execution, optimization and reporting of test data.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and execute a test campaign with functionality and performance. Engage with systems, hardware, and software development engineering teams to accomplish the following in pursuit of integration and testing: capture requirements, define use cases, work backwards from product strategy.
• End to end functional and performance testing to include ground equipment, satellite, customer terminals and cloud services.
• Expand test coverage in lab by integrating with test equipment and collaborating closely with test equipment vendors.
• Deeply troubleshoot: anticipate failures, collect data, analyze log files, compare models to observed behavior, root cause.
• Root cause MAC to application layer throughput degradation and packet losses across the system.
• Support and reproduce on orbit functional and performance issues in the lab.
• Draft and maintain high quality documentation for program‑level feedback: test verification matrix, status tracking, test runs for record.
• Enhance testing efficiency by automating test execution and analysis.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or experience working in electrical engineering field
• 10+ years of satellite and/or cellular lab testing experience.
• Experience with Linux, basic networking skills, and RF lab equipment configuration.
• Experience with test development in Python or similar language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's/PhD degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related discipline.
• Software defined network implementations and network protocol extension.
• Experience with test equipment including spectrum analyzers, channel emulators, customer terminal simulators and vector signal analyzers/generators, etc.
• Proficiency with test development in Python.
• Experience with common database query languages and viewing tools, such as SQL and Grafana.
• Experience with common AWS Cloud Services.
• Strong cross‑functional coordination skills.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.