Global Process Engineer: Hiring AI & Automation

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Workforce Staffing Transformations team is seeking a Process Engineer to drive variation reduction, cost optimization, AI/automation, and global compliance across recruiting operations.

This role spans both manufacturing and corporate environments, designing scalable workflows, conducting tact time studies, and partnering with Engineering, Tech, Learning, and Launch teams to deliver measurable improvements in how Amazon hires at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of Amazon experience.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Experience in Lean methodologies.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to drive process and system improvements.
• Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization.
• Experience in automation creation and implementation of automated workflows.
• Experience driving AI capabilities and applying artificial intelligence or machine learning to improve operational processes.
• Experience engineering processes in both manufacturing and corporate environments.
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non tech teams in a global environment.
• 5+ years of experience in process engineering, process improvement, or operations management.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating metrics across WFS programs and regions to identify improvement opportunities and prioritize against benchmark performance gaps.
• Analyzing end-to-end recruiting workflows (attraction through Day 1) to optimize processes and reduce cost per hire.
• Driving AI, machine learning, and automation solutions that eliminate manual effort and enable scaling without proportional headcount growth.
• Applying Lean, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, and capacity analysis to drive operational excellence.
• Conducting tact time studies, process mapping, and resource modeling to identify constraints.
• Developing SOPs and engineering standards to maintain process control.
• Training and partnering with operational leaders to drive standardization globally.
• Integrating quality engineering (FMEA, control plans, COPQ) into workflow design and conducting process/quality audits.
• Supporting program expansions, technology implementations, and QMS maturation.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Tech, Learning, and Launch teams.

Skills

Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean methodologies

Data analysis

Automation

AI/ML capabilities

Cross-functional collaboration

Process engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

AutoCAD

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Amazon's Workforce Staffing Transformations team is seeking a Process Engineer to drive variation reduction, cost optimization, AI/automation, and global compliance across recruiting operations.

This role spans both manufacturing and corporate environments, designing scalable workflows, conducting tact time studies, and partnering with Engineering, Tech, Learning, and Launch teams to deliver measurable improvements in how Amazon hires at scale.