Sr. Satellite Design Verification Engineer, Amazon Leo
Amazon · Irvine, CA · Hardware Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Irvine, CA. The posting calls out experience with C, Testing. Compensation is listed at $159,200–$215,300 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Irvine, CA
- Department
- Hardware Development
- Posted
- May 6, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon 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. The Role: Be part of Amazon Leo’s sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies. In this role you will: · Implement a state of the art verification environment for modem IP and subsystem to facilitate testing of the DUT against reference Matlab/C models. · Develop detailed test plans and write tests, run regressions, collect coverage matrices and report progress to the program · Understand and debug system level communication scenarios on pre silicon and post silicon environments. · Work with the design and communication systems team and participate in system level verification using test benches constructed using UVM,…