Aerospace Mfg Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Kirkland, WA • 7h 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.

This is a broad scoped position providing manufacturing engineering ownership of multiple mechanisms and assemblies for the project Kuiper satellite program. You will be supporting new satellite mechanisms early in the production phase, providing critical design for manufacturability input and supporting testing of these assemblies, while developing and implementing the plan to move from design/test into build/production.

Key job responsibilities

Design space hardware production processes and production lines

Experience with equipment design, procurement, installation, and qualification

Work with supply chain partners to manage critical vendors

Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition with minimal existing definition

Ability to support space hardware testing, including tooling design and data analysis

Assembly, Integration, and Test takt time & cost optimization planning

Design for Manufacturability review and sign off for design release

A day in the life

This role will require a thorough understanding of fabrication processes, system design, and mechanical system assembly and test processes. You will own test campaigns to validate manufacturing processes for robustness, yield, and reliability scenarios. Transitioning into a production environment, you will strive to produce assemblies for the lowest possible cost and highest possible quality. This will include root causing problems that occur for the assembly to keep builds on schedule while also working on efficiency gains through tooling, automation, or design and process changes.

About the team

This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you'll work with leaders in multiple technology areas. You'll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you'll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product's performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Basic Qualifications

4+ years of electrical or mechanical engineering experience

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field

3+ years of implementing metric-based strategies utilizing continuous improvement concepts, or 2+ years of implementing metric-based strategies utilizing continuous improvement concepts experience

3+ years of experience developing and building space mechanical assemblies (or 5+ years of experience with space hardware build and development or 7+ years of experience in design and manufacturing)

3+ years of experience in development and implementation of operations control documentation processes.

Preferred Qualifications

7+ years of experience in spacecraft or spacecraft hardware production environment

Experience with mechanisms and mechanical assemblies, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis of testing, processing, and assembly failures

Successful in taking complicated build and design requirements and developing them into clear and concise build and test instructions and implementing appropriate and useful quality standards and procedures

Cross-organizational communication - comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively, in both verbal and written forms.

Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume

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, Kirkland - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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