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Hardware Systems Engineer, Prime Air, Avionics Hardware

Amazon.com Inc
  • Seattle, WA
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    As a Systems Hardware Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for systems level integration and validation of the flight-critical avionics hardware throughout its lifetime. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams - including propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, production - to design, develop, and implement integration and validation solutions at the hardware level and meet the highest standards of safety and reliability at the drone level.

    This role requires experience in analog/digital hardware systems and automated lab test development. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with hardware design engineering verification process, ensuring avionics hardware meets performance, safety and reliability specifications.

    Key job responsibilities

    • Validate hardware interfaces and unblock system integration across the avionics system.
    • Architect, design, build, and operate test systems for drone avionics hardware at the bring-up, sub-system, and system levels.
    • Develop and execute comprehensive verification and validation test plans, including qualification and compliance against aerospace standards (e.g., DO-160, DO-254).
    • Analyze test data, generate test reports with recommendations, and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
    • Perform root cause analysis on hardware system failures, develop and implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement of validation processes and manufacturing reliability.
    • Contribute to manufacturing, in-service, and reliability initiatives for avionics hardware in production environments.

    A day in the life

    Our team is empowered to assess, judge, decide and move between analysis, design, and validation challenges with bias to action. The goal is to make sound engineering decisions throughout the product lifetime.

    You might begin the morning analyzing requirements, review test data, update a test script model based on what you learned. You could work alongside peers to evaluate a design change, or resolve competing validation requirements. You may spend the afternoon troubleshooting a hardware failure, preparing for a design review, working with a supplier, or developing a test system.

    About the team

    Prime Air is Amazon"s autonomous drone delivery service. Our mission is to build a safe, ultra-fast, and convenient drone delivery system that transforms the way packages are delivered to customers worldwide. Avionics Hardware Team at Prime Air develops and sustains Electrical and Electronics (EE) Hardware for the avionics systems of autonomous drones - including flight computers, air data sensors, cameras, radars, lighting systems, and electrical wiring interconnect systems - at Amazon"s delivery scale.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSeattle, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

    Our Leadership Principles
    Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles

    Skills

    • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Architectural Designunmatched
    • Audio Engineeringunmatched
    • Avionicsunmatched
    • Computer Engineeringunmatched
    • Computer Firmwareunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • Design Evaluationunmatched
    • Design Verificationunmatched
    • Electrical Wiringunmatched
    • Electricityunmatched
    • Electronicsunmatched
    • Failure Analysisunmatched
    • Hardware Designunmatched
    • Laboratory Testingunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Process Manufacturingunmatched
    • Production Systemsunmatched
    • Propulsionunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Safety Standardsunmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • System Operationsunmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Hardwareunmatched
    • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
    • Test Automationunmatched
    • Test Dataunmatched
    • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
    • Test Readiness Review (TRR)unmatched
    • Test Scriptsunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)unmatched
    • Validation Planunmatched
    • Validation Testingunmatched

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