Senior Component Engineer

Compensation:

$60/hr to $75/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Position:
Component Engineer

Location:
Austin, TX or Seattle, WA

Duration: 12 months w/ ongoing extensions and/or conversion

As a Component Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the Component Engineering team by supporting the management of the company's approved component library and developing component engineering processes and mechanisms. You will work with Senior Component Engineers to solve technical problems involving electrical component research, qualification, and obsolescence. Your role will play a critical part in the success of current and next generation satellites.

Key job responsibilities

This position spans a breadth and depth of responsibilities, including but not limited to:

Technical Leadership & Expertise

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert providing technical guidance to Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
• Manage Component Failure Analysis and drive Corrective Actions with suppliers

Process & Library Management

• Create, review, improve, and maintain Component Engineering methods, processes, and procedures
• Contribute to Electrical Component Lifecycle Management across all satellite programs
• Maintain and expand the approved component library through rigorous research

Component Evaluation & Selection

• Review Electrical Component Requests for requirements compliance
• Research alternative components to optimize satellite designs
• Conduct equivalency research to expand component options
• Perform BOM scrubs and review electrical schematics and layouts

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams
• Support current production and next-generation satellite development

A Day in the Life

You'll protect mission integrity daily. You'll review Product Change Notifications, making critical decisions impacting satellite reliability. You'll conduct rigorous BOM scrubs, enabling zero failure on orbit. You'll collaborate with brilliant engineers solving complex obsolescence challenges. You'll evaluate components for space environments. You'll maintain our approved parts library and serve as technical authority. Your work directly enables Amazon's vision of global connectivity from space.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, industrial, automotive, or other high-tech industry
• Experience working with and maintaining an eCAD library
• Experience with Product Lifetime Management (PLM) tools.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience creating qualification plans and leading obsolescence analyses for electronic components
• Experience on obsolescence analyses and implementing mitigation strategies
• Proven experience developing component qualification plans and test strategies
• 5+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
• Knowledge of radiation effects on electronics and component derating practices
• Experience coordinating work streams amongst multiple teams such a reliability, quality, and engineering

Tools/Systems:

• PLM/PDM system experience (i.e. Siemens PLM
  - Team Center, PTC
  - Windchill, Oracle – Agile PLM, SAP, Arena)
• ERP system knowledge (i.e. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft)
• CAD tool familiarity
• Statistical analysis software proficiency

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.