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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 Sr. Mobility Terminal System Engineer, you will be responsible for mobile terminal architecture, integration, and validation with hardware, software, and firmware. You will work in a collaborative environment with a multi-disciplinary team.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, your responsibilities include:
• Develop mobile terminal 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 terminal architectures, including RF and performance simulations to support tradeoff decisions
• Develop the mobility lab so aviation, maritime, and automotive terminals can be validated both in lab environments and with LEO satellites
• 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 Sr. Mobility Terminal System Engineer on the Leo Customer Terminal (CT) 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 architecting, integrating, and validating the mobility terminal's system-level performance so it can be successfully productized for aviation, maritime, and automotive customers.
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics, or other relevant engineering discipline
- 5+ years of satellite terminal development, integration, and validation experience
- 3+ years of hardware design and validation of components and subsystems experience
- Strong understanding of communication systems, RF, and phased array antenna
- Experience in MATLAB, Python or C++
- Familiarity with test instruments such as oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, channel emulators, network emulators, and GNSS emulators
- Experience in developing complex telecommunication, antenna, and/or satellite communication systems
- Experience in developing mobility terminals
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or other relevant engineering discipline
- Knowledge of digital communication systems, error correction, synchronization, spread spectrum, single and multi-carrier techniques, and modulation types such as QPSK, APSK, and QAM
- Experience working with mobility satellite terminals such as maritime, aeronautical, and automotive
- 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually