Power Engineer – Simulation/Modeling, Project Kuiper
Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing
Redmond, Washington
Job Description
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, control systems, computer science, or software engineering • 3+ years of engineering experience in the area of electrical power systems, power conversion, or battery • 3+ years of experience in simulation and modelling for electric power system development • Experience and working knowledge of Matlab or Python to extract, process, and store information from large datasets
• Power system design experience in the area of solar, battery, electric vehicle, drones, satellite, or rocket • Experience developing models for solar array and battery systems • Battery management system design experience in the area of charging, state estimation, and protection for electric vehicle, drones, satellite, or launch vehicles • General knowledge of statistical analysis, signal processing, simulations, regression, optimization, and data analysis tools • Knowledge of orbital mechanics and coordinate transformations • Background in control systems and/or robotics • Experience creating and maintaining complicated simulations and managing large data sets • Excellent skill at organizing data and communicating key requirements to teammates • Cross-organizational communication – comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively, in both verbal and written forms Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $93,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Project Kuiper 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.
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Key job responsibilities
This is an electrical/control systems position focusing on building and maintaining digital twin models for the power system, battery, and other power/energy blocks for the project Kuiper satellite. In this role, you will build simulation tools and algorithms that estimate the state of health of power system and provide forecast of power and energy usage.
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.
A day in the life
This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
About the team
Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment. We will need to tackle problems that span a variety of domains.
Come work at Amazon!
Key job responsibilities
This is an electrical/control systems position focusing on building and maintaining digital twin models for the power system, battery, and other power/energy blocks for the project Kuiper satellite. In this role, you will build simulation tools and algorithms that estimate the state of health of power system and provide forecast of power and energy usage.
- You will be responsible to analyze vehicle power demand in different power modes and investigate trade-studies to optimize the system.
- You will be responsible for overall design and test verification of your models and simulation tools.
- You will build models that can be deployed on embedded or cloud platforms.
- You will work with large quantity of sensor datasets to evaluate health of battery over life and track accuracy of models and performance of system to vehicle requirements.
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.
A day in the life
This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
About the team
Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment. We will need to tackle problems that span a variety of domains.
• Power system design experience in the area of solar, battery, electric vehicle, drones, satellite, or rocket • Experience developing models for solar array and battery systems • Battery management system design experience in the area of charging, state estimation, and protection for electric vehicle, drones, satellite, or launch vehicles • General knowledge of statistical analysis, signal processing, simulations, regression, optimization, and data analysis tools • Knowledge of orbital mechanics and coordinate transformations • Background in control systems and/or robotics • Experience creating and maintaining complicated simulations and managing large data sets • Excellent skill at organizing data and communicating key requirements to teammates • Cross-organizational communication – comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively, in both verbal and written forms Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $93,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
