Hardware Dev Eng II, Prime Air

Saved job description

As an Electrical Hardware Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for end-to-end hardware development lifecycle across design, validation, and manufacturing for flight-critical avionics systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams - including propulsion, structures, firmware, software, safety, certification, production - to meet the highest standards of safety and reliability.

Key job responsibilities

Own product development lifecycle of hardware(s) within the avionics system.

Develop and execute verification and validation test plans, including qualification and compliance against aerospace standards (e.g., DO-160, DO-254).

Bring up EE hardware, validate interfaces, and unblock system integration across flight computer and connected sensor subsystems.

Lead root cause analysis of hardware failures across hardware/software interfaces, develop corrective actions, and implement fixes in production hardware.

Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR) with fabrication, assembly, and qualification vendors.

Lead manufacturing, in-service, and reliability initiatives for avionics hardware in production.

About the team

Prime Air is Amazon's autonomous drone delivery service. Our mission is to build a safe, ultra-fast, and convenient drone delivery system that transforms the way packages are delivered to customers worldwide. Avionics Hardware Team at Prime Air develops and sustains Electrical and Electronics (EE) Hardware for the avionics systems of autonomous drones - including flight computers, air data sensors, cameras, radars, lighting systems, and electrical wiring interconnect systems - at Amazon's delivery scale.

Requirements: - Experience with prototyping and implementation

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

- Experience in root cause analysis and error correction, identifying changes to procedures and systems to implement long-term fixes and avoid repeating issues

- Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools