Senior Re-Entry & Demise Analyst, Systems Engineering

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 will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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 U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

As the Senior Analyst for spacecraft demise, you will lead all analysis efforts supporting space vehicle end-of-life atmospheric re-entry. This involves consuming design details, material properties, and mission parameters from relevant teams and then evaluating predicted vehicle breakup characteristics through re-entry. In addition, as the single-threaded process owner, you will be responsible for defining the work instruction for analysis standardization.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and standardize processes, templates, and guidelines to assess satellite demisability
- Perform technical analysis to verify compliance to demise/re-entry related requirements
- Provide design feedback to engineering teams
- Collaborate with regulatory and space safety teams
- Participate in relevant design and risk reviews

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree
- Formal education in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in hypersonics, orbital/suborbital re-entry, or space vehicle demise physics
- Experience with DRAMA, ORSAT, SCARAB, or similar software
- Master's degree/PhD in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, or similar.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually