Mission Operations Engineer, Optical Inter-Satellite Link

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Learning budget

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Verification

Source-linked checked Jun 7, 2026

Salary

$99K-$160K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$61,842 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+1.9% - Slower

109% above the BLS role benchmark for operations aggregate.

Matched to SOC 11-1021 - Operations aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Operations From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

Shift type

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Weekend work

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Company

Equity

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Application

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About this role

Mission Operations Engineer, Optical Inter-Satellite Link Redmond, Washington, USA 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. As a Mission Operations Engineer on the Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) team, you will own and execute the overall operational success of these payload and bus functions at a systems level and coordinate between engineering teams across ground, network, and space systems to achieve it. Because of the scale of the mission, you will be focused on driving automation and operational excellence - identifying areas of improvement and initiating changes to improve the productivity of the fleet and optical network. You will coordinate and prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstrations, design and conduct operational rehearsals, and drive automation efforts with scalability in mind, ensuring that the constellation functions at peak performance with little-to-no manual intervention. You will develop concepts for OISL network operation for missions and experiments, participate in launch and early operations, develop and perform analysis on system data, and identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, have strong verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, be able to juggle multiple tasks

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