# Sr Propulsion Electrical Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo serves people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. As an electrical engineer embedded in the propulsion team you are the propulsion-side owner of the interface between the plasma thruster system and propulsion control electronics. You will translate thruster physics and operating behavior into clear electrical interface requirements, lead integrated performance characterization, and investigate interactions between the thruster and electronics. You will work closely with the Avionics Electrical Engineering (EE) team responsible for propulsion control unit (PCU) flight hardware design and production support, bringing deep propulsion-system expertise to design trades, verification, and technical problem-solving. You will use analysis, simulation, thruster characterization, and integrated propulsion-system testing to develop a deeper understanding of system behavior and reduce technic

- **Id**: 3989421
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-sr-propulsion-electrical-engineer-amazon-leo>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T22:47:10Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5892
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), 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**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4480
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.885
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

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

## Technologies

- **FMEA** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T22:47:10Z

## 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**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T23:53:41Z

## Pay

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

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