Amazon Payload In-Orbit Test Engineer RF/Communication Systems Project Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

282563369

As a Payload Test Engineer, you will be an integral part of the team that tests and verifies the Kuiper production payload system. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Project Kuiper’s wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary team to support both on-the-ground payload testing and in-orbit payload operations including test definition, execution, optimization and troubleshooting. You must be flexible, responsive, and able to succeed within a fast-paced and collaborative environment.As a member of the Payload Integration and Test team, you will be responsible for verification and validation of the entire RF system composed of multiple wireless components. This includes everything from hands-on RF lab work to test definition, test software development, and on-orbit RF and network payload test support. You will test, analyze, and optimize RF systems from baseband modems to RF transceivers to phased-array antennas.Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain all aspects of flight-like RF testbeds on the ground, including basic RF, networking, and Linux configuration aspects
- Define test plans, test procedures for in-orbit payload testing and verification, as well as developing system-level concepts of operation and RF analyses
- Design and implement system-level RF and network tests, constantly striving to automate, optimize, and improve efficiency
- Review and interpret test results, troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and develop corrective actions for test failures and in-orbit anomalies
- Support payload system-level integration, test, and verification, from hands-on integration in the lab to field testing and support
- Support in-orbit payload operations from test-like-you-fly verification on the ground to on-going constellation payload operations
Export Control Requirement

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 5+ years of RF, satellite, or aerospace industry experience
- Strong cross-functional coordination skills
- Experience with satellite RF link budgets, payload in-orbit testing, low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems, and/or payload mission operations
- Experience with Linux, basic networking skills, and RF lab equipment configuration
- Experience with test development in Python or similar language

- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 8+ years of RF, satellite or aerospace industry experience
- Experience with RF measurement equipment, including power meters, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers/generates, etc.
- Proficiency with test development in Python
- Experience with common database query languages and viewing tools, such as SQL and Grafana
- Experience with common AWS Cloud Services