ECAD Application Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo 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.

Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

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

- Experience with one of the following programming languages: Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C++
- Experience with two or more of the following: networking fundamentals, security, storage or databases (relational or NoSQL), operating systems (Unix, Linux, or Windows)
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related discipline
- Knowledge of CAD software like Orcad and Allegro
- Experience with frontend (design tools), and the backend (ECAD library/design database, server infrastructure)
- Application administration experience, debugging and solving client and server-side application issues, software installation, configuration, etc.
- Experience in developing and documenting engineering processes related to ECAD tools and engineering activities.

Preferred qualifications

- Experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
- Experience in any of the following: Cloud Architecture, Systems Design, Software Development, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering or DevOps
- Experience in electrical or mechanical engineering
- Experience as Application Engineer for Mentor Xpedition and Mentor EDM.
- Experience automating ECAD workflows/processes.
- Experience providing support for Hyperlynx, Ansys, Reliance, and other engineering applications.
- Experience with Windows servers, Batch scripts, powershell, Windows file servers, HyperV
- Experience with Linux servers. Bash scripts, cron, ssh, samba, etc.
- Experience with PLM systems, engineering lifecycle management and workflows.
- Understanding of network fundamentals; switching, routing, etc.
- Experience with flexlm license servers
- Experience with LDAP and SAML for user management and authentication.
- Experience architecting AWS infrastructure and managing server and workstation implementation.

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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, Bellevue - 98,200.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually