Hardware Development Engineer Wire Harness, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons 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 are seeking an experienced Hardware Development Engineer with a focus in Harness Engineering to join our Mechanical Engineering team.

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
- Harnessing design for satellite system requiring interfacing across mechanical electrical and payload design owners trading various configurations to identify best overall solution for reliability manufacturability test integration and cost.
- Support make vs buy decisions design reviews and implement manufacturing and integration plans optimized for high rate production.
- Engage various component suppliers and Harnessing manufacturing vendors for component & assembly level qualification.
- Design/develop specifications and produce/procure power/data harnesses which meets electrical design requirements including current rating targeted power loss shielding grounding and EMI/EMC.
- Define and perform/oversee harness qualification and acceptance tests for launch environments and operation through mission life including test fixture fabrication for prototype evaluations and deliver all development and flight hardware per vehicle schedules
- Create 3D CAD routings 2D manufacturing drawings schematics and assembly installation drawings.

A day in the life
As a Hardware Design Engineer focused on Harness design you will be working closely with all hardware sub-system and support teams on a daily basis. You will be asked to utilize first principles thinking to help troubleshoot electrical and integration issues that relate to harnessing. You will work to innovate on behalf of our customers and solve complex problems with novel hardware design. You will play an integral part in requirements gathering for harness product development and will have opportunities to influence other engineering teams to develop the best product to delight our customers.

About the team
On the Harnessing Team each member has the freedom to explore new ideas and explore their feasibility. Collaboration is critical to success and is always a high priority both within the team as well as when working with other teams. While you are an individual contributor it is still expected that each member takes ownership when needed. No job/task is beneath any member.

- Experience with prototyping and implementation
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or 3 years of relevant discipline work experience
- 3 years of hardware development test lab space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
- Experience using modeling project management CAD and software programming tools
- Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability
- 1 years of experience in the selection of wiring based on current de-rating voltage drop analysis shielding effectiveness temperature environment outgassing and mechanical strength.

- Knowledge of SolidWorks simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools
- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- Masters degree or above in mechanical engineering electrical engineering material science physics or equivalent or Masters degree
- Experience developing products for large volume production
- Experience with Salesforce or JIRA or experience in agile/scrum or related collaborative workflow
- 3 years of experience in the design development test qualification and acceptance tests workmanship criteria and integration of spacecraft harnessing.
- 3 years experience working with external suppliers to develop/select components for spacecraft design or related industries.
- Experience in developing mechanical harness routing solutions for dynamic applications including across articulated joints and hinged-line deployments.
- Experience with Siemens NX CAD and formboard creation Team center PLM and MES systems
- Experience with Siemens Capital Software Suite

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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 WA REDMOND - 117300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually