Drone Vehicle Hardware Lead & Rapid Prototyping

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Vehicle Hardware Development and Prototyping Manager to rapidly configure, design, analyze, prototype, and test innovative drone vehicles and subsystems. You will lead a cross-functional team to create clean-sheet configurations that integrate subsystems and meet vehicle-level requirements.

You will prototype designs, support wind tunnel testing, and collaborate across all vehicle teams to balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in people management.
• 5+ years of experience in vehicle configuration and/or associated subsystem design and integration.
• Vehicle level design intuition and ability to operate & analyze at the system-of-systems level.
• Experience in leading teams that rapidly design, develop, and prototype various hardware components and subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team that designs conceptual vehicle configurations and layouts.
• Oversee creation of internal subsystems, major structural elements, and key mechanisms/electrical components.
• Prototype vehicle designs and support wind tunnel and other tests.
• Ensure integrated designs meet performance, reliability, operability, manufacturing, and cost requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

System-level design

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in aerospace/ME

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Vehicle Hardware Development and Prototyping Manager to rapidly configure, design, analyze, prototype, and test innovative drone vehicles and subsystems. You will lead a cross-functional team to create clean-sheet configurations that integrate subsystems and meet vehicle-level requirements.

You will prototype designs, support wind tunnel testing, and collaborate across all vehicle teams to balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost while