Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $167,100 to $226,100
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA
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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
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About this job
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization.
How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drone-reveal-photos).
If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.
Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!
Our Prime Air Drone Vehicle Design and Test team within Flight Sciences is looking for an engineer to help us rapidly configure, design, analyze, prototype, and test innovative drone vehicles. You’ll be responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining a suite of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) tools across all aircraft design disciplines. You’ll use these to explore new and novel drone vehicle conceptual designs in both focused and wide open design spaces, with the ultimate goal of meeting our customer requirements. You’ll have the opportunity to prototype vehicle designs and support wind tunnel and other testing of vehicle designs. You will directly support the Office of the Chief Program Engineer, and work closely across all vehicle subsystem teams to ensure integrated designs that meet performance, reliability, operability, manufacturing, and cost requirements. In addition, you’ll own the Flight Sciences assessments and analysis methods for the drone vehicle design as it progresses through later stages of development.
About the team
Our Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test organization includes teams that span the following disciplines: Aerodynamics, Performance, Stability & Control, Configuration & Spatial Integration, Loads, Structures, Mass Properties, Multi-disciplinary Optimization (MDO), Wind Tunnel Testing, Noise Testing, Flight Test Instrumentation, and Rapid Prototyping.
Basic Qualifications
- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl
- Bachelors Degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics and 7+ years experience or equivalent
- Experience with flight vehicle design, simulation, and development
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PHD in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics or equivalent
- 5+ years experience in air vehicle aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing (preferably electric propulsion vehicles)
- Wind tunnel testing experience
- Propeller/rotor design, analysis, and testing experience
- Experience using multi-disciplinary analysis & optimization (MDO/MDAO) tools and methods
- Vehicle level design intuition and ability to operate & analyze at the system-of-systems level
- Specialization in one or more of the following domains of aircraft design: aerodynamics, performance, stability & control, propulsion, loads, airframe structures
- Experience using: modeFRONTIER, Model Center, or OpenMDAO, and CATIA
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($167,100) is above 63% of the 357 Data & ML roles in Washington listed on this site; 32 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $136,000 to $168,100.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
This listingApplied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test$167,100 to $226,100
Software Development Engineer, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs$165,200 to $223,600
Software Development Engineer -Control Plane, AWS Scalable Intent Driven Routing (SIDR)$165,200 to $223,600
Software Engineer II - AI/ML, Neuron Inference, Neuron Inference$165,200 to $223,600
Software Dev Engineer II - AMZ27744.1$165,200 to $223,600
Machine Learning Engineer, FAI$165,200 to $223,600
Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference$165,200 to $223,600
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test (this listing) | $167,100 - $226,100 |
| Software Development Engineer, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs | $165,200 - $223,600 |
| Software Development Engineer -Control Plane, AWS Scalable Intent Driven Routing (SIDR) | $165,200 - $223,600 |
| Software Engineer II - AI/ML, Neuron Inference, Neuron Inference | $165,200 - $223,600 |
| Software Dev Engineer II - AMZ27744.1 | $165,200 - $223,600 |
| Machine Learning Engineer, FAI | $165,200 - $223,600 |
| Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference | $165,200 - $223,600 |
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- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-08-17
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USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually
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