Hardware Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo Customer Terminal Hardware Design
- US citizenship
How this pay compares
This posting states $136k–$184k a year. Open electrical engineer jobs in Washington post a median of $162k a year, the middle half $140k–$187k, across 79 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post.
Electrical engineers in Washington: pay by town and employer
About the job
Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity. As a Hardware Engineer, you will be part of the team developing cost-optimized Customer Terminal products designed for high-volume production.
You will own key hardware designs and work across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to deliver simple, robust, and scalable solutions.
You will own or contribute to the following: - Design high-speed digital, RF, power, and mixed-signal circuitry in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams - Develop and optimize electronic subsystems with a strong focus on cost, simplicity, reliability, and manufacturability - Evaluate design architectures and component selections to identify opportunities for BOM cost reduction and design simplification - Perform engineering trade studies to balance product performance, requirements, cost, schedule, and customer experience - Own schematic capture and work closely with PCB layout engineers to deliver production-ready designs - Design and optimize DC/DC power supplies and point-of-load power architectures - Identify opportunities to reduce component count, PCB complexity, layer count, assembly cost, and manufacturing complexity - Support requirement definition and develop hardware validation and test plans - Lead board bring-up, debug, characterization, and validation of modules and subsystems - Support the development of automated test systems, fixtures, and factory test solutions with an emphasis on minimizing test time and cost - Partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to support component sourcing, alternate qualification, and cost reduction initiatives - Support designs through qualification, production ramp, and high-volume manufacturing ## 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 Electrical Engineering or a related field, or experience working in electrical engineering field - Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout - Experience in new hardware product development - Experience designing and debugging digital, RF, or power circuits - Experience with board bring-up, validation, and failure analysis - 3+ years of hardware engineering experience ## Preferred qualifications - Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent - Experience with DFx (Design for cost, test, manufacturing) - Experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design - Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability - 5+ years of hardware engineering experience - Experience developing products for large volume production Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.
If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, WA, Redmond - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually
From Amazon Leo's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
Selected agencies hiring now
Moseley Technical ServicesEngineering and technical staffing agency
Engineering and technical staffing firm in Huntsville, Alabama, placing engineers and A&P, sheet metal, CNC and quality technicians.
Places: Propulsion, Mechanical, Avionics, RF & Payloads
Contract Professionals Inc (CPI)Engineering and technical staffing agency
Aerospace and defense staffing firm in Waterford, Michigan, placing engineers, maintenance technicians, mechanics, welders and CNC machinists.
Places: Propulsion, Mechanical, Avionics, RF & Payloads
These agencies and apps pay SpaceJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Employers' own jobs below keep their own order.
Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay SpaceJobs.Now when you click one.
Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.
New avionics and electrical engineering jobs in space in Washington, by email
One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.
About Amazon Leo
Amazon's satellite internet constellation, formerly Project Kuiper: satellites, launches, ground stations and the terminals customers use.
Pay on its listings: 93.1% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
How it pays: Paid as an employee on Amazon's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
More open jobs at Amazon Leo
- Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo, Embedded Platform$165,200–$223,600/yr
- Data Scientist, Phased Array Antenna System Validation$136,000–$184,000/yr
- Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo Government, Amazon Leo Government$126,300–$164,800/yr
- Executive Assistant, Amazon Leo Global B2B$82,700–$129,800/yr
- Global Category Sourcing Manager - PCBA
- Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Packaging, Avionics Mechanical
More avionics and electrical engineering jobs in space
- Electrical Engineer (New Grad)$104,000–$121,000/yr
- Engineer I - Electromechanical Harness Design$64,926–$110,374/yr
- Specialist, Electrical Engineering
- Circuit Design Engineering Associate Manager, Avionics, Secret Clearance$135,700–$251,900/yr
- Senior Space Electronics Systems Engineer$130,000–$180,000/yr
- Space Electronics Systems Engineer II$90,000–$130,000/yr
An avionics or electrical engineer?
One profile for every employer here. Space companies and their recruiters ask us for people with a specific degree, clearance, specialty or location: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.
Amazon Leo openings, sent to you weekly
Each week we send the newest postings from Amazon Leo's own careers site, along with similar openings at other space employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.