RF Test Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

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 RF 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 Leo's wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary team to support both lab payload testing and troubleshooting and reproducing on-orbit issues in the lab. This will include test definition, execution, optimization and reporting of test data. You must be flexible, responsive, and able to succeed within a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

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

• 5+ years of satellite communications ground systems and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or electrical engineering
• Experience building, commissioning, operating, and maintaining complex laboratory testbeds or system integration environments.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving hardware, software, networking, and RF issues in integrated test environments.
• Experience developing scripts or automation using Python or similar programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
• Experience deploying and operating SATCOM test venues, satellite ground systems, and customer terminal integration environments.
• Experience maintaining high availability of laboratory infrastructure, including proactive monitoring, preventive maintenance, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with RF laboratory equipment, including VNA, power meters, spectrum analyzers, and vector signal generators.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VLANs, and Linux networking troubleshooting.
• Experience with test automation, equipment control, infrastructure monitoring, and operational tooling using Python.
• Experience with AWS services, cloud networking, and remotely managed test infrastructure.
• Experience troubleshooting end-to-end performance issues involving throughput, packet loss, latency, and connectivity across RF and IP networks.
• Experience collaborating with hardware, software, systems engineering teams, and equipment vendors to resolve integration and operational issues.

Additional information

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Pay and benefits

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.

USA, CA, San Diego - 126,300.00 - 164,800.00 USD annually