Dev Harnessing Technician II, Amazon Leo DevOps

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is hiring an Aerospace Harnessing Technician to assemble and test flight harnesses for spacecraft. You will read wiring diagrams, fabricate harnesses per IPC/WHMA-A-620, perform hipot tests, and document results in build records.

You’ll work with Lab Engineers and quality teams in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment. Desirable backgrounds include aerospace harness build, aircraft maintenance, or military aviation technician roles; strong attention

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building, maintaining, or repairing aerospace harnesses.
• Proficiency with crimping tools, soldering equipment, and harness lacing/taping.
• Ability to read wiring diagrams, schematics, and engineering drawings.
• Experience with IPC/WHMA-A-620 and MIL-SPEC harness requirements.
• Experience with hipot testers and milliohm meters.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret wiring diagrams, schematics, and drawings to assemble harnesses.
• Fabricate harnesses using crimping, soldering, lacing, shielding, and connector assembly per standards.
• Perform electrical testing and document results (continuity, insulation resistance, hipot).
• Inspect harnesses for workmanship and compliance with specs.
• Maintain build records, travelers, and inspection logs.
• Identify missing information and communicate gaps to engineers; suggest improvements.
• Collaborate with quality and engineering to resolve nonconformances.
• Follow ESD, FOD, and cleanroom protocols.
• Operate and maintain harness fabrication tools and test equipment.
• Support lab organization, tool tracking, material staging, and cleanliness.

Skills

Crimping tools

Soldering

Electrical testing

Wiring diagrams

Documentation

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Harness tools

Test equipment

Job description

Amazon 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.

Join the Amazon Leo DevOps team as an Aerospace Harnessing Technician to support the fabrication, integration, and testing of electrical harnesses for spacecraft and aerospace systems. This role involves working closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure harness assemblies meet stringent aerospace standards for performance, reliability, and safety. We welcome candidates from aerospace harness build backgrounds as well as those coming from aircraft maintenance or military aviation technician roles - the fundamentals of wire harness maintenance and rework translate directly to building harnesses from the ground up. You'll work in partnership with Lab Engineers to execute clearly defined tasks, contribute to lab upkeep, and identify opportunities to improve process safety and efficiency.

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

• Read and interpret wiring diagrams, schematics, and engineering drawings to assemble harnesses accurately.
• Fabricate harnesses using crimping, soldering, lacing, shielding, and connector assembly techniques per IPC/WHMA-A-620 and aerospace standards.
• Perform electrical testing, including continuity, insulation resistance, and hipot testing, and accurately document results.
• Inspect harnesses for workmanship quality and compliance with specifications.
• Maintain build records, travelers, and inspection logs in accordance with company and industry requirements.
• Apply knowledge of industry and internal standards to identify missing or ambiguous information in work instructions or designs; proactively communicate gaps to engineers or lab leadership and provide recommendations to improve processes and procedures during development.
• Collaborate with quality and engineering teams to resolve nonconformances and implement corrective actions.
• Follow ESD, FOD, and cleanroom protocols as required.
• Operate and maintain harness fabrication tools, test equipment, and measuring devices.
• Support lab organization, tool tracking, material staging, and cleanliness efforts (6S).
• Escalate work blockers and collaborate to develop workarounds under ambiguous situations.
• Engage in continuous learning and support new procedure development with Lab Engineers/lab management.

A day in the life

The Dev Harnessing Technician will work closely with Lab Engineers, design engineers, and quality teams to build and test flight and development harness assemblies in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment. Day to day, this means moving between build stations and test benches - fabricating harnesses to drawing, running continuity and hipot checks, and documenting results - while staying ready to shift priorities as test teams need support. The successful candidate is comfortable working from complex drawings, catching ambiguity in work instructions before it becomes a build issue, and communicating clearly with engineers when something doesn't look right.

About the team

The Amazon Leo DevOps team builds and maintains the specialized labs and technical infrastructure that support prototyping, development builds, and qualification testing of satellite hardware. The harnessing lab is a core part of that mission, producing flight and test harnesses that support the full arc of hardware development. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment. To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail-oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building, maintaining, or repairing aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability wire harnesses - including experience gained through aircraft maintenance or military aviation technician roles.
• Demonstrated proficiency with crimping tools, soldering equipment, heat-shrink applications, and harness lacing/taping, gained through fabrication, rework, or field repair of wire harnesses.
• Working knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620 and/or MIL-SPEC harness requirements, gained through hands-on application in a build, maintenance, or rework environment.
• Experience with hipot testers, milliohm meters, and other harness test equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams, schematics, and engineering drawings, and execute assi