Sr. RF and Wireless Systems Engineer, Amazon Leo Digital RF Systems
Amazon · San Diego, CA · Hardware Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in San Diego, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, C, Data Structures, Performance Optimization. Compensation is listed at $159,200–$215,300 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Department
- Hardware Development
- Posted
- May 28, 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: As a Sr. RF and Wireless Systems Engineer in the Digital RF Systems team, you will be responsible for RF architecture definition, RF line-up design, and RF specifications of custom ASICs used in Leo phased array systems. You will work closely with RFIC and DSP designers during the design phase, participating in RFIC design reviews to ensure optimal system-level RF performance. You will use MATLAB, ADS and other simulation tools to model RF impairments of the chips and analyze complex phased array system system and sub-system interactions. In post-silicon, you will drive prototyping, defining RF DVT lab test requirements to validate designs. You will support production teams through statistical analysis and yield optimization in cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing engineers. You will develop novel techniques to estimate and correct RF impairments implemented in hardware and firmware. Based on system-level constraints such as low power and cost, you will develop optimized…