senior operations Systems Engineer ic 7+ yrs Bachelor's · Posted Mar 16, 2026
$183,000 – $247,600
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Sunnyvale, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Performance Optimization, Embedded Systems and roughly 7+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $183,000–$247,600 per year.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Experience
7+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Department
Hardware Development
Posted
Mar 16, 2026
AI Summary
Sr. Connectivity Systems Engineer defines wireless architecture for consumer electronics, establishes performance metrics, and optimizes system performance across radio, PHY, MAC, firmware and software layers. Requires 7+ years wireless/RF experience, communication theory expertise, and proficiency with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or similar protocols.

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Job description

from Amazon careers
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

The Role:
As a Sr. Connectivity Systems Engineer, you will:
- Define wireless architecture for consumer electronics devices
- Define key performance metric and drive modeling efforts to predict end-to-end system performance
- Perform gap analysis and system performance optimization across radio, PHY, MAC, firmware and software.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in communication theory, OFDM, MIMO, Digital/Wireless Communication Systems or RF engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 7+ Experience in Wireless Architecture or Systems
- 7+ years of experience in Wireless/RF
- Experience in Wi-Fi/BT/BLE/ZigBee/WAN/GPS/UWB or NFC
- Strong knowledge in PHY/MAC
- Experience with scripting languages and simulation tools such as Python/MatLab, and etc.

Preferred Qualifications

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