[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Amazon jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Amazon · Sunnyvale, CA # Senior FPGA Engineer, LEO Payload FPGA US, CA, Sunnyvale Senior individual contributor Operations Listed on Amazon’s official careers site. Posted June 3, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10439093/senior-fpga-engineer-leo-payload-fpga) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Amazon](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) / Senior FPGA Engineer, LEO Payload FPGA ## Job description LEO is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other 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. ### Key job responsibilities Create FPGA solutions to support LEO's satellite communication system. This is a unique opportunity to define a new system with few legacy constraints. The FPGA design engineer will work with systems teams to define/develop/implement/test/release FPGA based solutions to enable LEO. This will focus on creating digital designs for networking functions using the latest generations of FPGA technologies and modern FPGA design processes and tools. In this role you will: Have ownership of one or more FPGA bitstreams. - Create and release FPGAs through the development phases of uArchitecture-RTL Design-Physical Implementation-Timing Closure–Simulation Validation– Lab Based Silicon Validation Collaborate with network communication system architects to define and design/implement/test/release/support networking functions targeted to FPGA technology Collaborate with Digital Communications/Networking system architects and design engineers to implement digital logic functions in FPGAs. Collaborate with system architects and design engineers to implement digital logic functions in FPGA prototypes to validate/tradeoff architecture & design alternatives Collaborate with systems architects, HW engineering design teams & FW/SW design teams to bring up and test systems combining FPGA, firmware, RF, and Networking functions. Drive trade-off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimization of target technology resources for cost/size/power/performance/features ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jun 3, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Aug 20, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 137 days - Location: US, CA, Sunnyvale[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10439093/senior-fpga-engineer-leo-payload-fpga) ## More jobs at Amazon ### [ASIC Engineer Intern, Summer 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/cc1f3a9241825b18b38a/) US, CA, Sunnyvale ### [Asic II - AMZ10430596](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/63fef859cd4a91b9bd1b/) US, CA, Sunnyvale ### [Asic III - AMZ10291241](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/5c597e48599c61024c56/) US, CA, Sunnyvale ### [ASIC Test Engineer, Amazon Leo](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/f7c293911610bc854bd7/) US, CA, Sunnyvale ### [Application Support Engineer, Fauna](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/3aa29cf1712a72504fc4/) US, CA, Sunnyvale ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [FPGA Firmware Engineer / FPGA Design Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/44db9bb8d5725623875a/) Qualcomm · San Diego, California, United States of America ### [Future Payload Capabilities Interface Control Systems Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/c04f662f370ce7733810/) BAE Systems · Hill AFB, Utah, United States ### [RF Payload Calibration-Engineer Senior -$10K Sign-On Bonus](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/ca24bd084fecdf158207/) BAE Systems · Broomfield, Colorado, United States ### [FPGA Engineer Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/105b79576b8544ebe781/) Lockheed Martin · Orlando, FL ### [Intern Engineer - FPGA](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/general-dynamics/jobs/91da666be7d29f499ae9/) General Dynamics · Bloomington, MN, US OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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