RF Payload Engineer, Systems & Test, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazon's 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. As a Payload Engineer, you will be an integral part of the team that tests, verifies, and troubleshoots the Leo production constellation. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Amazon Leo's wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary team to support in-orbit payload operations across all mission phases and will serve as the bridge between payload software development teams, testing and mission operations. You will be on the frontline identifying, deep-diving, and driving resolution for payload issues across the constellation, including RF hardware, software, and networking issues. You will define, create, and maintain payload operational processes and procedures; coordinate cross-team dependencies across software, hardware, networking, and mission operations teams; drive automation to reduce manual operational burden; and define key operational metrics and reporting to provide real-time visibility into payload health and performance. You will work closely with payload integration & test, payload software, and mission operations teams to ensure seamless transitions from development to on-orbit operations. You must be flexible, responsive, and able to succeed in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment. 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. Key job responsibilities - Develop deep expertise across payload RF/comm hardware, software, and constellation operations to identify systemic issues, drive root-cause analysis, and coordinate fleet-wide resolutions and optimizations - Define and maintain payload operational processes, procedures, and runbooks, including on-station commissioning flows, exit criteria, and external dependencies - Identify and drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operational burden, improve response times, and enable the team to scale efficiently as the constellation grows - Review and interpret test results, troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and develop corrective actions for test failures and in-orbit anomalies - Support payload system-level integration, test, and verification, from hands-on integration in the lab to field testing and support - Support in-orbit payload operations from test-like-you-fly verification on the ground to troubleshooting issues for on-going constellation payload operations - Collaborate across diverse technical teams such as flight software, cloud software, modem, and mission operations to optimize system-level RF and network operations