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Test Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Kirkland, Washington, United States

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Posted Aug 28, 2026

**Role & seniority: ** FLS Test Engineer (mid-level; reqs indicate 2+ years test experience)

**Stack/tools: **

  • Test automation frameworks and scripting

  • Linux environment (preferred)

  • Test equipment commissioning/troubleshooting (preferred)

  • Anomaly tracking / formal failure investigation processes (nice-to-have)

  • Hardware testing across electrical, mechanical, RF subsystems

  • Top 3 responsibilities:

    • Plan, develop, document, and execute test operations to validate integrated satellite systems for flight and production build rates.

    • Bring-up and troubleshoot integrated satellite assemblies; run environmental/functional/performance acceptance & qualification campaigns.

    • Perform root-cause analysis of test failures and provide design/manufacturability recommendations to improve performance, reliability, and yield; support test cell setup and new process/equipment/assembly line stand-up.

  • Must-have skills:

    • BS in Mechanical/Electrical/Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent)

    • 2+ years test experience with embedded systems, integrated systems, or flight hardware

    • 1+ years in Space/Aerospace/Military/Automotive hardware testing environment

    • Strong troubleshooting across electrical, mechanical, RF

    • Strong organizational, analytical, RCA, problem-solving skills

  • Nice-to-haves:

    • 2+ years integrated system testing/troubleshooting

    • 1+ years prog

Full Description

Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

As a FLS Test Engineer at Leo, you will be directly responsible for testing, qualifying and troubleshooting integrated satellites for the Kuiper broadband internet network. You will utilize innovative solutions and leading-edge technology to solve difficult manufacturing and engineering problems on a daily basis, at both a systems and specialized level. You will be a critical lynchpin between the engineering, operations, tooling, supply chain and quality teams, and help lead production on the assembly line as well as new production introduction. You will provide vital manufacturability input to the design engineering teams for both new and existing hardware. Finally, you will be responsible for standing up new processes, equipment, and assembly lines to support Kuiper’s rapid build ramp, making data-driven decisions at each step in the process.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

  • Plan, develop, document and execute test operations to validate satellite

  • systems for flight to meet Kuiper production build rates.

  • Bring-up, test and troubleshoot integrated satellite assemblies

  • Lead acceptance and qualification test (environmental, functional and

  • performance) campaigns for development satellite system designs.

  • Analyze test failures to ensure defects are fully understood and provide

  • design recommendations for the product to increase performance, reliability, and

  • yield.

  • Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical and RF performance problems on the fly,

  • working with an integrated cross-functional team of electrical, mechanical,

  • software and manufacturing engineers.

  • Specify, procure and set up test cell layouts for the production floor.

  • Write technical specifications for system assembly and test from scratch.

Export Control Requirement

  • Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S.
  • citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder),
  • or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Basic

Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent

  • 2+ years of test experience with embedded systems, integrated systems, or

  • flight hardware.

  • 1+ years in a Space/Aerospace/Military/Automotive hardware testing environment

  • Experience with test automation frameworks or scripting Preferred

Qualifications: - 2+ years of experience testing and troubleshooting integrated systems.

  • 1+ years of programming experience

  • Experience working with the Linux environment

  • Experience commissioning and troubleshooting test equipment. Demonstrated

  • ability to scale production rate capability.

  • Experience with complex products in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

  • Experience with anomaly tracking systems or formal failure investigation

  • processes.

  • Excellent communication and leadership skills.

  • Strong organizational, analytical, root cause analysis and problem-solving

  • skills.

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USA, WA, Kirkland - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

Test engineeringSatellite systemsTroubleshootingTest automationScriptingElectrical engineeringMechanical engineeringAerospace engineeringRF performanceProduction line assemblyRoot cause analysisData-driven decision makingTechnical documentationLinuxHardware testingFailure investigationmulti-location

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