Job Details

About the Role

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low‑latency, high‑speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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 United States as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• RTL design and development of custom blocks.
• Integration of large subsystems.
• Gate‑level simulation: develop and maintain comprehensive gate‑level simulation test plans for verifying ASIC functionality and timing; analyze results, debug logic errors, and propose solutions.
• Collaborate with design and verification engineers to validate fixes and ensure design closure.
• Facilitate seamless integration across firmware, RTL, platform software, and platform drivers.
• Develop debugging tools, including RTL emulation, silicon bring‑up, and functional validation.
• Work closely with system architects to develop world‑class SOC and IP blocks that meet power, area, and performance targets.
• Define, configure, and integrate SoC subsystems.
• Contribute to the SoC floor‑planning effort.
• Define and develop any necessary support logic.
• Configure, instantiate, and integrate third‑party IP blocks.
• Understand low‑power design and the impact of design‑for‑testability (DFT) on blocks.
• Perform initial synthesis and timing analysis.
• Assist verification team in unit verification, including test plan development.
• Assist with debug and bring‑up activities.

A Day in the Life

Be part of Amazon LEO's sub‑team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This unique opportunity involves defining wireless solutions with few legacy constraints, working with customer requirements and wireless system teams to design modems, high‑speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in the latest CMOS generation technologies.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Verilog RTL development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one Verilog RTL language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, and scaling).
• 5+ years of digital design experience, preferably in SoC design and implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full Verilog RTL development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Master's degree in computer science or an equivalent field.

Compensation

The base pay for this position ranges from $129,800 per year in our lowest geographic market to $212,800 per year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors, including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company; equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may also be provided, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

EEO Statement

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