Amazon Senior Electrical Engineer KGS Kuiper Government Solutions 

United States, California, Los Angeles 

931777435

Key job responsibilities
Interact directly with customers to understand technical requirements, and translate them into technically robust solutions backed by data and analysis.
Responsible for electrical circuit design (including digital and analog power) for hosting sensitive RF and communications payloads including processing, memory, and communication buses.
Strong technical background and work experience designing electronic circuits including Analog Power, Digital Design, Mixed-Signal ADC/DAC, Processors, FPGA, MCU, SoC, Memory, Transceivers, Clock generation and distribution.
Analyze designed circuits using software tools for performance and characterization including Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) on fabricated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs.
Identify top level customer requirements and ensure high quality and innovative designs are pursued.
Perform electrical design and layout trade studies for electrical and power sub-systems contributing to overall system architecture including inputs and requirements from cross discipline teams.
Facilitate cost trades on multiple parallel configurations for cost/manufacturability vs design uncertainty
Deliver well-written documentation, reports, and presentations for technical design reviews and as part of proposal efforts.
Design and support test campaigns, both development and qualification/acceptance, for space hardware.Security Clearance: This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance of TS/SCI.
A day in the life
Basic qualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in hardware development across the full product life cycle (concept to production)
7+ years of electrical engineering work experience in Space, Aerospace/Defense, Automotive, and/or Communications fields or combination thereof
7+ years of experience with schematic and layout ECAD tools and with PCB design and debuggingPreferred qualificationsMaster's or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline
Experience with complex board designs, such as high-speed interconnects, high-reliability designs, avionics, vehicle control systems, and/or motor & actuator control electronics
Experience in development and test of satellite bus systems and space/flight hardware
Electronics design/qualification experience with radiation environments or radiation tolerant hardware
Experience with rapid iteration prototyping and joint hardware/firmware development; partnering with software engineers to bring-up and test new hardware designs
Experience with analysis to define the spacecraft electromagnetic environment including radiated and conducted emissions and susceptibility (RE/CE/RS/CS) to inform design and test of spacecraft
Working knowledge of at least one programming language such as Python or C/C++
Track record of successfully delivering compelling written reports and complete designs on time, to scope, with high quality
High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive; resourceful, and able to deliver results with minimal direction
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience working with government agencies
US Security Clearance

- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures