Amazon Lab126 · 2 days ago
Senior Sensor Engineer, Edge Tech
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$158K/yr - $214K/yr
7+ years expAmazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. In this role, the Senior Sensor Engineer will design sensors and sensing features for innovative consumer products, collaborate with engineering teams, and resolve critical design issues.
Consumer ElectronicsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSoftwareWarehouse Automation
Responsibilities
Design sensors and sensing features into world-class devices and cutting-edge prototypes
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and stakeholders across the company
Dive into and take ownership to root-cause and resolve critical design and manufacturing issues
Participate in design reviews
Address all aspects of technology readiness, including manufacturability
Work with contract manufacturers to ensure designs can be built at scale and within budget
Contribute to maintaining and updating team processes and good practices
Provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentoring
Establish robust processes and methodologies to deliver technology to products
Contribute to product requirements and specifications definition
Participate in technology and product roadmap creation
Up to 20% travel
Work with Sensor Architects to transition Sensor DRI ownership from design to NPI validation phase
Attend cross-functional program meetings and work with cross-functional team (PD/EE/Display/Optics/Operation etc.) on sensor integration and manufacturing readiness, risks, and mitigations
Review hardware designs (e.g. CAD, schematics, layout, etc.) from partner teams as part of NPI validation process
Run data analysis and make design trade-off decisions as part of NPI validation process
Lead root-cause identification efforts for manufacturing issues and report status to leadership
Work with manufacturing team and contract manufacturers to optimize the build and test processes
Analyze yield and establish test limits
Write design guidelines based on acquired experience and knowledge, that will be used on subsequent projects
Explore new ideas and sensing technologies and contribute to new product exploration and prototyping
Meet with junior engineers to provide guidance and mentorship
Review and update process documentation and methodologies
Support Sensor Architects and program teams with product feature definition and specification
Qualification
Required
Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing)
Experience collaborating with the ECAD/physical board designer and able to review PCB designs with Allegro, CAM350, or equivalent
Breadth and depth in at least two sensor fields such as Optical, Inertial, Chemical, Biological, Acoustic
7+ years' experience as a hardware/sensor engineer on consumer electronics product development
Experience with physical characterization of sensors and familiarity with electrical/optical/mechanical testing equipment
Experience with quantitative, statistical data analysis SW (JMP, Matlab, Python, LabView)
Experience with schematic capture with tool sets such as OrCAD
Preferred
Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
Experience in technical document writing using Visio, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint
Experience with the project management of technical projects
Manufacturing site support experience
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon Lab126
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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