Component Engineer, Amazon Leo

Component Engineer At Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and 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 Component Engineer at Amazon Leo, you will be responsible for supporting the Component Engineering team by supporting the management of Leo's approved component library and developing component engineering processes and mechanisms. You will work with Senior Component Engineers to solve technical problems involving electrical component research, qualification, and obsolescence. Your role will play a critical part in the success of current and next generation Leo satellites.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Expertise
  • Serve as Subject Matter Expert providing technical guidance to Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
  • Manage Component Failure Analysis and drive Corrective Actions with suppliers
• Process & Library Management
  • Create, review, improve, and maintain Component Engineering methods, processes, and procedures
  • Contribute to Electrical Component Lifecycle Management across all satellite programs
  • Maintain and expand the approved component library through rigorous research
• Component Evaluation & Selection
  • Review Electrical Component Requests for requirements compliance
  • Research alternative components to optimize satellite designs
  • Conduct equivalency research to expand component options
  • Perform BOM scrubs and review electrical schematics and layouts
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams
  • Support current production and next-generation satellite development

A day in the life you'll protect mission integrity daily. You'll review Product Change Notifications, making critical decisions impacting satellite reliability. You'll conduct rigorous BOM scrubs, enabling zero failure on orbit. You'll collaborate with brilliant engineers solving complex obsolescence challenges. You'll evaluate components for space environments. You'll maintain our approved parts library and serve as technical authority. Your work directly enables Amazon's vision of global connectivity from space.

About the team The Component Engineering team ensures mission success for Amazon's LEO satellite constellation. We manage every electrical component from selection through end-of-life, ensuring parts withstand space conditions—radiation, thermal cycling, and vacuum. We maintain Leo's approved component library. We drive qualification processes. We solve complex obsolescence challenges. We bridge design ambition and manufacturing reality, partnering across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing. Our rigorous evaluation, testing, and lifecycle management enable innovation while protecting mission integrity. We ensure Amazon's global connectivity vision is built on proven, reliable components that perform flawlessly in space's harshest environment. Building the future of space infrastructure, one component at a time.