ECAD Application Engineer, Project Kuiper Satellites

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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Key job responsibilities

As an ECAD Tools Application Engineer, you will be responsible for providing a stable, reliable set of Electrical Computer Aided Design (ECAD) tools and database management for electrical engineering design, layout, and simulation engineers. You will anticipate tool needs, support users, and develop processes to enable to successful and rapid development of a leading-edge low earth orbit satellite constellation.

A day in the life

Our tools administrators help solve the problems of the day, work to lay the foundation for the future and stay on top of the most current technologies and methods to aid in our tools running at peak performance. Activities will include working with an end user to get their project back on track, creating a proposal and documents for future infrastructure needs to support scalability for the team and tools, automating processes to streamline development, and researching new tools or technologies to increase design rigor and productivity.

About the team

The ECAD team supports the tools and infrastructure for Electrical Engineering, PCB Design, Library Management and the interface to our Enterprise systems including PLM, ERP and our Manufacturing tools.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical,Computer Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years as an Application Engineer for one or more CAD tools such as (Mentor Xpedition, Cadence Allegro, Altium Designer).
• 5+ years with frontend (design tools), and the backend (ECAD library / design database, server infrastructure)
• 5+ years Enterprise Tool administration experience, debugging and solving client and server-side application issues, software installation, configuration, etc.
• 3+ years of developing and documenting engineering processes related to ECAD tools and engineering activities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in Electrical Engineering design.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116,300 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $201,200 / 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. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.