Customer Terminal System Engineer , Leo Customer Terminal

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3236 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.



Key job responsibilities
As a CT System Engineer you will be responsible for Customer Terminal (CT) integration and validation with hardware software and firmware. You will be working in a collaborative environment with a multi-disciplinary this role your responsibilities include:
Develop the CT architecture by working closely with sub-system engineers in electrical RF antenna thermal modem DSP ASIC algorithm firmware modeling and software
Design tradeoffs of various CT architectures including RF and performance simulation to support tradeoff decisions
Develop maintain and support customer terminal validation hardware lab and software
Proactively engage with internal and external development partners on Systems hardware and software architectures and implementation
Ensure delivered work meets technical functional performance regulatory and business requirements
Perform in-field and on-orbit validation with satellites
Traveling up to 10% of the time depending on project phases

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.

A day in the life
As a CT System Engineer on the Leo Customer Terminal Team you will work daily with electrical hardware RF antenna silicon and product design engineers as well as software and operations teams in a collaborative environment. Your focus will be on the validation of hardware sub-systems high-speed digital communication buses antenna array boards hardware components and low-speed serial communication buses.

About the team
The Leo Customer Terminal team is responsible for developing both outdoor & indoor devices enabling customers internet service via the Leo satellite network. We own the entire process from early prototypes through mass production including requirements documents architecture definition hardware development and all integration/verification testing.

- Experience in automating deploying and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Golang Java C C# Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

- Familiarity with test instruments such as oscilloscope spectrum analyzers vector signal analyzers vector signal generators channel emulators network emulators and GNSS emulators
- 3 years of experience in development for complex telecommunication antenna and/or satellite communication systems development
- Understanding of free space communication and satellite link budget principles in Ka-band
- Experience in developing simulation and modeling tools
- Familiarity with active and passive RF components EE hardware beamforming circuits and electromagnetic propagation
- Satellite over-the-air communication field trial experience
- Debugging skills for systems integration from RF front end to baseband
- Design experience with high-speed digital and/or RF circuitry in collaboration with various teams

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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 - 129200.00 - 174800.00 USD annually