Industrial Design Engineer — MHE & Automation Leader

Amazon Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an innovative Industrial Design Engineer to lead cross-functional design and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types. You will work with internal customers to define ambiguous problems, write specs, and scale new technologies through multi-year budgets.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, operations, and vendors, managing several high-visibility programs and ensuring trade-offs align with business goals, throughput, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience.
• Experience using MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software.
• Experience in Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related work.
• Experience using Lean Process Improvement, Six Sigma methodologies or related performance metrics/process improvements to increase efficiency within processes, forecasting, planning, optimization, and logistics.
• Experience prioritizing and delivering projects on time in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and make data-driven decisions.
• Position includes travel up to 50% (Nationwide). Travel involves air travel to regional airports and driving to site locations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate efforts to develop optimal solutions for sortation and transportation network through process design, site layout, equipment specification, and IP considerations.
• Define highly ambiguous problem statements and develop technical specifications for equipment evaluation and deployment.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions quickly.
• Understand business and technical requirements of product integration from mechanical, electrical, and controls functions.
• Manage multiple projects and effectively influence and communicate with internal and external partners.
• Evaluate solutions to balance business value and technology risk.
• Build relationships with FC leadership and operations teams across sites.

Skills

Project management

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in engineering or equivalent

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Amazon is seeking an innovative Industrial Design Engineer to lead cross-functional design and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types. You will work with internal customers to define ambiguous problems, write specs, and scale new technologies through multi-year budgets.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, operations, and vendors, managing several high-visibility programs and ensuring trade-offs align with business goals, throughput, and quality.