Sr. RF Ground Systems Engineer, Leo Ground Systems

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.

Have you ever wanted to develop aerospace grade ground stations and related products for a high-performance satellite constellation? We are looking for a Ground Systems Engineer to participate in the technical definition, architecture, development, integration, test, qualification, production, and deployment of Leo ground systems with full lifecycle ownership. These systems include state of the art, physically remote, high reliability, aerospace grade full motion tracking antennas, modems, and innovative supporting systems that directly impact the end-to-end ground-space link performance.

Key job responsibilities

• Define, develop, and provide Radio Frequency (RF) technical oversight for integrated ground station products and solutions for gateways and tracking, telemetry, and control systems, working with both internal teams and suppliers.
• Develop solutions to demanding design problems enabling Amazon to fully realize aerospace grade, high reliability ground station Leo connectivity products.
• Support conducting in-depth design reviews including preparing design review documentation and artifacts, and reviewing design materials.
• Develop RF architecture, specifications, requirements, and designs and perform analyses, prepare documentation, and conduct presentations for parabolic LEO tracking TT&C and Gateway Terminal systems.
• Possess Subject Matter Expertise in developing RF hardware equipment and modem products for integration into Ground Gateway and TT&C terminals.
• Assist development of qualification, verification and validation plans and philosophies to ensure our physically remote products meet rigorous technical, functional, performance, reliability, and business requirements across teams and suppliers
• Assist in the development of gateway monitoring and control systems and methodologies, including operational and fault management plans and on-site commissioning methodologies.
• Support identification and analysis of operational faults and performance metrics and trends.
• Perform root cause analysis and anomaly resolution on highly complex system issues.

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.

A day in the life

In this role as Sr Ground Systems Engineer, you will be actively engaged in developing Amazon Leo's Ground Gateway terminal products. These products enable space-ground mission critical, high throughput communications with Leo satellites. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary, mutli-domain team to develop, test, qualify, produce, and globally deploy solutions and products enabling Leo's global network.

About the team

The Ground Systems team is responsible for the architecture, design, build, and installation of Kuiper's Ground and TT&C Gateways. Our Ground Gateways enable high data rate, low latency communications between Kuiper points of presence (PoP) and our Low Earth Orbit Satellite constellation. TT&C Gateways support satellite Launch and Early Orbit enabling command and control of the satellites during this critical phase. The team works closely with the Networks, Regulatory, Payload Test, and RF Hardware teams to ensure Leo provides a seamless customer experience.