Lab Engineer I, Amazon Leo Antenna Lab

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As a Lab Engineer I in the Antenna Development org. you will support development activities for state of the art communication hardware. You will assist in data collection, repairs, and circuit modifications. In addition, you will support maintenance and calibration of antenna lab equipment. You will use your electronics, programming, soldering, and rework skills to help engineers achieve design objectives. You will work on state of the art phased array antenna boards, switching power supplies, and high speed data circuits. You will also assist with thermal testing, RF testing, antenna testing and more.

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.

Key job responsibilities
Perform phased array antenna repairs (using soldering equipment)
Perform conformal coating repairs
Collect RF/Antenna data and help process the data
Assist with antenna chamber calibration
Train other technicians in advanced repair techniques

Basic Qualifications

- 2+ years of software QA testing work with writing the test plans, use cases, and issue reports experience
- 3+ years of consumer electronics lab environments experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- Experience in software QA testing including writing test plans, use cases, and issue reports
- Experience in a consumer electronics lab environment
- Experience in a Linux or Unix environment
- Experience working on a consumer hardware or software product

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of Jenkins build environments
- Experience configuring, deploying, and testing software updates, including the ability to identify issues and escalate to development as appropriate
- Experience running user trials, beta, field testing or collecting customer feedback
- Experience working with hardware and software teams for setting up, testing, and troubleshooting prototype devices

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USA, WA, Redmond - 39.47 - 69.08 USD hourly