Environmental Test Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is building a low Earth orbit satellite constellation to deliver fast reliable broadband to customers and communities everywhere including the places the internet has never reliably reached. Every satellite we launch is qualified in our Space Simulation Lab at SEA133. If flight hardware is going to survive launch vacuum thermal cycling and years on orbit it has to prove it to us first.

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 an Environmental Test Engineer on the SSL team you wont be one of many engineers maintaining a shared pool of equipment. Youll be the primary owner of an entire class of test equipment Thermal TVAC Vibe Shock or HASS accountable for keeping it running driving its reliability upward and building the processes that let the lab test at launch cadence. When something goes wrong at 2 AM your name is on the escalation. When something needs to change you own the engineering decision and the vendor conversation. When a technician learns the equipment they learn it from you.

This is a build job not a maintain job. Were scaling SSL fast and we need an engineer who looks at tribal knowledge and turns it into standard work; who looks at a vendors response time and decides its not good enough; who can read a thermal ramp trace or a shaker response curve and tell you whether its a tuning problem a hardware problem or a software problem. You will have autonomy a direct line to leadership and a tangible connection between the work you do this week and the hardware that leaves Earth next quarter.

If you want your engineering decisions to show up in orbit not just in a dashboard come build this with us.

Key job responsibilities
Equipment Ownership
Serve as primary owner for an assigned class of environmental test equipment (Thermal TVAC Vibe Shock or HASS) managing configurations maintenance calibration and improvement projects.
Provide technical leadership during troubleshooting events driving issues from first response through root cause and corrective action.
Manage relationships with 3rd-party equipment vendors (service spares upgrades escalations).
Process Development
Establish standardized test processes and work instructions that enable technicians to operate with minimal engineer supervision.
Train and mentor technicians on equipment operation and troubleshooting; keep documentation accurate and current.
Rate Improvement
Analyze test data to validate ability of test procedures to meet requirements.
Identify and lead projects that increase throughput reduce cycle time and improve first-pass yield.
Automation Troubleshooting
Read and triage simple errors in LabVIEW and Python code execution; clearly articulate failures to support teams for more complex issues.
Apply understanding of control loops used in environmental test (thermal ramp control vacuum/pressure control shaker control) to diagnose equipment behavior.


- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Manufacturing Engineering or an equivalent field
- Experience in complex work environments including (but not limited to robotics automation diagnostic and test equipment)
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems or experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities and experience with automation and any version control tools
- Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools and experience developing product test frameworks
- Experience in reliability/maintenance environments or experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences

- Masters degree or above in engineering or equivalent
- 3 years of hardware development test lab space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
- Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications or experience leading technical teams through daily operations and maintenance evolutions
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors or experience in planning scheduling and auditing maintenance activities
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and implementing strategic initiatives
- Experience with Industrial control systems both hardware and software
- 2 years of supporting procedures for production or mission critical environments to include ticketing monitoring/metrics and troubleshooting technical issues experience

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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 WA Kirkland - 117300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually