PCBA Manufacturing Test Engineer, PCBA Manufacturing and Test Engineering

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

As a PCBA Manufacturing Test Engineer you will be responsible for defining and implementing manufacturing and test processes for Satellite PCBA sub-systems. You will be a key member of the development team and will be the main interface between internal engineering and operations teams as well as our manufacturing partners.

Key job responsibilities
Develop test strategy implement and optimize test setup/processes at Contract Manufacturing sites including identification specification design and qualification of test fixtures test equipment and diagnostic software.
Work with the Design and Manufacturing teams to identify and resolve manufacturing challenges by verifying compliance with DFM and DFT principles.
Identify and report product failures to manufacturing and quality teams
Train operators on test processes and support recurring certification programs
Record analyze and report process metrics to predict and eliminate process failures
Support PCBA debug and root-cause failure analysis at Contract Manufacturing sites
Provide feedback to Engineering on test coverage fault isolation capability and PCBA failure trends for continuous improvement efforts
Manage configuration changes and manage configuration control throughout the process

- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- Experience in hardware lab equipment such as digital scopes logic analyzers and soldering tools
- Experience in Linux/RHEL or experience with programming/scripting (Batch VB PowerShell Java C# Chef Perl Ruby and/or PHP) and experience in Ubuntu/Solaris
- 3 years of experience designing and building test fixtures and complex test systems including RF Functional Tests High Power Electrical Tests ICT/bed-of-nails fixtures
- 3 years of experience integrating software and hardware systems

- 5 years of experience designing and building test fixtures and complex test systems including RF Functional Tests High Power Electrical Tests ICT/bed-of-nails fixtures
- Experience with test plans and protocols related to established Space Hardware test processes (GEVS / SMC-S-016)
- Knowledge of software tools for test automation (e.g. NI LabVIEW and TestStand Python etc.)
- Experience with electrical design including power supplies FPGAs sensors RF and high-speed digital interfaces
- Ability to write detailed tester operating procedures and create deployment/capacity plans

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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 Bellevue - 117300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually