Product Design Engineer – Customer Terminals, Amazon Leo

Product Design Engineer – Customer Terminals, Amazon Leo

Job ID: | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

Product Design Engineers engage with an experienced cross‑disciplinary team to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative consumer products for the Amazon Leo program. Key responsibilities include mechanical part and assembly design, testing, evaluation, and down‑selection. These positions identify key design attributes, and work quickly and efficiently to converge on an electromechanical design for the system. They highlight concerning issues to leadership and provide recommendations on how to resolve them. The output of their work is the physical product. They know intimately the rationale and tradeoffs behind each detail of the design from material selection, reinforcing rib, molding gate, etc. They work with manufacturing partners early to scale their designs for high‑volume manufacturing while optimizing for cost, performance, and challenging schedules. They have the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with PD team members, cross‑functional teams, and executives.

Key Job Responsibilities

• PD Direct Responsible Individual (DRI) for multiple system components (housings, PCBs, thermal components, etc).
• Work with cross‑functional teams to solve difficult electromechanical problems to enable the design.
• Identify key design constraints and priorities.
• Demonstrate solid mechanical fundamentals and judgement through design decisions.
• Deliver robust, flexible, durable, and performant designs.
• Concise and accurate communication with PD members, cross‑functional teams, and executives.
• Customer‑focused when solving ambiguous problems.
• Ability to create scalable solutions while solving tactical problems.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in product design (consumer, medical, telecom, etc).
• 3+ years of experience with 3D CAD modeling & 2D drawing creation.
• Experience with designing for high‑volume manufacturing and assembly processes (plastic injection / thermoforming, casting, sheet metal, machining, various finishing processes).
• Experience performing tolerance analysis and statistical analysis techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in consumer electronics products designing IP66 outdoor‑rated electronics/telecommunications products.
• Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), flexes and electrical interconnect design experience.
• Experience performing mechanical and thermal Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations.
• Subject Matter Expert in several mechanical engineering disciplines.
• Experience with Phase Array antennas including products used in the field.
• Excellent mechanics and material fundamentals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at both the engineering and executive level.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans), Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Location and Compensation

Location: USA, WA, Redmond. Base salary range: 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually. Additional compensation may include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).