Senior Electrical Engineer, ALG, Amazon Leo Government
Amazon · Northridge, CA · Hardware Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Northridge, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, TypeScript, C, System Design. Compensation is listed at $137,300–$185,700 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Northridge, CA
- Department
- Hardware Development
- Posted
- Jan 13, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The mission of Amazon Leo Government (ALG) team is to leverage existing Kuiper technology and provide high speed, low latency, and secure satellite broadband services to the United States and our allied government customers. The Senior Electrical Engineer will play a pivotal role in the team delivering innovative and fast-paced analysis and design solutions, focusing on satellite and ground system design and analysis as well as on the design of the various communication and control needs (compute, storage, data transfer, etc.) of the electronics sub-systems. They will be expected to lead a variety of tasks, from schematic design and component selection, circuit analysis and simulation, to layout review and board bring-up and test. They will work across teams and support fellow engineers with design reviews and the preparation of joint reports and proposals. The candidate will have a sharp focus on the specific needs of the customer and be able to conduct trades and analyses to show that proposed solutions will meet the customer’s goals. The successful candidate will have demonstrated…