CareerPlan

Senior System Development Engineer, Leo - Payload and Terminals

Redmond, Washington, United StatesFull-time$151k–$205k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Design, build, and maintain lab infrastructure for RF satellite and ground-based hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing environments to support Amazon LEO payload development.

Role type

Senior System Development Engineer (Infrastructure & RF Testing)

Builds

Fully managed lab infrastructure for RF satellite and ground-based hardware testing

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / RF Engineering

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

RF testing equipment (VSA, VSG, GNSS simulators), RF up/down converters, time-varying channel emulation, Linux/Unix, CI/CD pipelines, Python, C++, SCPI, PyVisa

Preferred skills

Distributed systems at scale

Responsibilities

Design and automate large-scale testing infrastructure, integrate complex RF devices and software systems, troubleshoot RF hardware and software bugs, define SOPs and metrics for equipment availability, serve as liaison between software and hardware teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC