# Power Electronics Drone Propulsion Engineer, Prime Air

We are seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be a significant and autonomous contributor, solving difficult hardware engineering problems related to high-power electronics systems. You will design, develop, and validate power electronics boards from concept through production, working on 10KW+ high-voltage DC systems that push the boundaries of performance, reliability, and efficiency. This position requires an engineer who demonstrates strong technical depth in power electronics while also exhibiting the system-level thinking and influence characteristic of our most impactful contributors. Key job responsibilities Design, develop, and test multi-layer power electronics board layouts for high-voltage DC systems (10KW+), from concept through volume production Define power electronics architecture, including topology selection, component specification, and thermal management strategy Lead test plans validating designs against DO-160 and DO-274 for electromagnetic compatibility, environmental resilience, functional safety, and target IP ratings Apply system-level thinking to how power electronics subsystems integrate with the broader product arc

- **Id**: 4232853
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-power-electronics-drone-propulsion-engineer-prime-air>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T10:43:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T10:43:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5604
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Advertising, Logistics

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4651
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.889
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 136000
- **Max**: 184000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 184000

## Technologies

- **DO-160** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **OrCAD** — Optional: yes
- **Simulink** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T10:43:01Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T13:33:25Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 184000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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