Sr. Component Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons 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.

Job Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Expertise

• Establish and advance the Component Engineering technical vision, serving as a senior technical authority for Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to lead Component Failure Analysis investigations and drive systemic Corrective Actions that prevent recurrence

Process & Library Management

• Define, govern, and continuously improve Component Engineering methods, processes, and procedures at program scale
• Apply senior-level expertise across Electrical Component Lifecycle Management, collaborating with the CE team to support parts qualification, PCN disposition, and component selection decisions
• Drive strategic expansion and governance of the approved component library through rigorous research priorities

Component Evaluation & Selection

• Establish and enforce requirements compliance standards for Electrical Component Requests
• Lead alternate component research to optimize satellite designs and reduce supply chain risk
• Drive equivalency research strategy to expand and diversify component options
• Own BOM scrub methodology and provide final technical authority on electrical schematics and layouts

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Drive alignment across design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain leadership on component strategy
• Lead component engineering contributions to current production and next-generation satellite development programs

A Day in the Life

Youll protect mission integrity daily. Every decision you make today flies on orbit tomorrow. You own PCN dispositions - assessing radiation risk, supply continuity, and program impact, driving cross-functional closure or making the call yourself. You enforce compliance standards and close qualification gaps before they reach orbit. You set component strategy across design, quality, and supply chain - and you raise the technical bar for the engineers around you. You develop the next generation of component engineers. Your work directly enables Amazons vision of global connectivity from space. Non-serviceable. Non-negotiable. Built to last.

About the Team

The Component Engineering team ensures mission success for Amazons 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 Leos 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 Amazons global connectivity vision is built on proven, reliable components that perform flawlessly in spaces harshest environment. Building the future of space infrastructure, one component at a time.