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Description

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
Hardware Safety & Compliance ensures Amazon Leo customer terminals meet rigorous safety standards throughout their lifecycle. The team drives safety-by-design principles, establishes safety frameworks, and coordinates cross-functional efforts across Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Product Management. We own end-to-end safety qualification programs, risk assessments, and failure mode analysis—ensuring our systems are safe and ready for global deployment while maintaining Amazon's high standards for customer safety.

Key job responsibilities
- Perform safety assessments such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), System Safety Assessments (PSSAs), System Safety Assessments (SSAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTAs), Common Mode Analyses (CMAs), Single Fault Analysis and Testing

- Perform safety related tests and also coach lab engineers to scale capabilities.

- Analyze electrical schematics for vulnerabilities, Thermal/Power Model Analysis for Total Dissipated Power (TDP), and identify mitigations assure product safety.

- Drive actions and resolutions with Product Design teams (mechanical, electrical, legal & reliability), to deliver on Amazon's product safety goals.

- Perform safety probabilistic prediction of failure mechanisms such as Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRAs) on products under development and products in the field

- Incorporate lessons learned into product knowledge bases, and into roadmap programs.

- Champion the cause of safety and develop tools and processes for Safety as needed

A day in the life
You will deploy your depth and strong understanding of safety &/or reliability, electrical and mechanical failure analysis techniques. You will interface with a world-class staff of Product Designers, Electrical Engineers, Reliability Engineers, external Suppliers/Partners, amongst others. You will deliver your best work while driving product definition for safe, reliable products. You will be in a highly technical space, be empathetic, a mentor and coach, and above all of - the Safety Champion for Amazon's Customers.