# Sr. Drone Avionics Electrical Engineer, Prime Air

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware and related Avionic systems and architecture for Prime Air Drones. This includes, Avionic compute and Avionics distributed systems hardware. In this role you will be working with our Seattle based team to help to deploy new hardware and Avionics architecture systems for Prime Air Drones. You will work with internal and external vendors to support hardware development, manufacturing and test. Export Control License: This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon's ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf Key job responsibilities Architect and design avionics compute and distributed system hardware, including air data probes, lidar, radar, and GNSS antennas Design and test analog and digital components such as navigation hardware, satellite communication, DC-DC converters, and protection circuitry Perform electrical analysis and circuit simulation, size and select components, and create schematics and PCB layouts Support engineering trades and estimates, work

- **Id**: 4303141
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-sr-drone-avionics-electrical-engineer-prime-air>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **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**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T04:53:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4763
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Advertising, Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## 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**: 80
- **Open postings**: 4577
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.815
- **Repost share**: 0.004
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 33
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 159200
- **Max**: 215300
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 215300

## Technologies

- **DO-160** — Optional: no
- **DO-254** — Optional: no
- **AutoCAD** — Optional: yes
- **Cadence Allegro** — Optional: yes
- **CAM350** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T04:53:22Z

## 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**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 215300
- **Is top pay**: yes

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