Liaison Engineer, 1st Shift, Project Kuiper

Amazon • Kirkland, WA • 3h ago

Description

Project Kuiper 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.

To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who combine superb technical, research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

In this role, you'll join Kuiper's Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Kuiper production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor along side Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard, have fun, and make history!

This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.

Key job responsibilities

This position will work 1st shift, 6:00am-4:00pm, 4 days a week front half Sunday-Wednesday

Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Kuiper operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations

Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions

Conduct root cause investigations and develop corrective actions

Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports

Develop analysis methods to address common non-conformances

Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses

Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers

A day in the life

This Liaison/MRB Engineer will be providing engineering support to resolve engineering issues that arise during manufacturing and assembly processes, quality inspection and acceptance tests, through the application of engineering and design principles, consulting the engineering development teams as needed.

About the team

The Liaison Engineering team is part of the Kuiper Structural Integrity and Analysis teams (Structural Analysis, Loads and Dynamics, Materials and Processes and Reliability) that is ultimately responsible for Integrity of not only the spacecraft but all other commodities supporting the program, inside and outside of the Mechanical Engineering group.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering field, or equivalent experience;

3+ years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

Experience with the project management of technical projects

Strong engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, modal, frequency response, random vibration, sine and acoustic analyses/tests)

Experience with formal root cause and corrective action investigations

Experience with fatigue and fracture analyses

Knowledge of or experience with spacecraft technology and related primary, secondary and tertiary structures

Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Strong understanding or Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Strong understanding of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (drawing interpretation)

Experience with Siemens Products (Teamcenter, NX, NX Nastran)

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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