Industrial Design Engineer — MHE & Robotics Solutions

Amazon; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Maternity and Parental Leave Options

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an innovative and solutions-oriented Industrial Design Engineer (IDE) to lead the design, development, and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types in our fulfillment network.

This role requires collaborating with internal customers across organizations, defining ambiguous problem statements, and delivering technical specifications and evaluations for equipment deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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

Responsibilities

• Coordinate efforts to develop optimal solutions and processes for the sortation and transportation network through process design, site layout, equipment specification, and intellectual property considerations
• Work with internal customers across multiple organizations to define highly ambiguous problem statements and develop technical specifications for equipment evaluation and deployment
• Collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions in very short periods of time
• Deeply understand the business and technical requirements of product integration from mechanical, electrical, and controls functions
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors
• Evaluate solutions effectively and make decisions that balance business value and technology risk
• Help your customers and the engineering teams make appropriate trade-offs by considering the larger picture (e.g., business goals, throughput expectations, quality requirements, efficiency, maintainability, operability)
• Identify standards and drive consistent application of engineering changes across North America
• Build strong working relationships with Fulfillment Center (FC) leadership and their operations teams across multiple sites including Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, and Process Engineering stakeholders
• Data mine and transform raw thoughts into clear technical documentation
• Effective communication skills, ability to execute the vision, detailed roadmap, and specific technical solutions
• Travel Requirements: 50%

Skills

Project management

Industrial design engineering

Lean Process Improvement

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CAD software

MS Excel

MS Project

Job description

Amazon is seeking an innovative and solutions-oriented Industrial Design Engineer (IDE) to lead the design, development, and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types in our fulfillment network.

This role requires collaborating with internal customers across organizations, defining ambiguous problem statements, and delivering technical specifications and evaluations for equipment deployment.