Innovation & Design Engineer for Automation & Fulfillment

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

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Nashville, TN is seeking a senior engineering design leader to manage facility design from concept to launch for operations, delivering high-impact material flow and automation solutions.

You will own multiple projects, guiding design, supplier coordination, and execution through successful implementation. The role requires extensive experience in design/innovation within manufacturing or industrial engineering, with a focus on complex automated systems and lean processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in management of engineering design projects
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related work
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain) or foreign equivalent, Operations, Business Administration, or related field

Responsibilities

• Responsible for various facility designs from the time projects are selected to the successful launch for the Operations team to start delivering/processing customer packages.
• Invent, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex material flow and human/machine efficiency problems throughout the global Amazon supply chain.
• Lead and coordinate design and innovation efforts to develop optimal solutions for multiple networks through equipment specification, material flow, process design, site layout, and intellectual property considerations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high quality, cost effective solutions in very short periods of time.
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects.

Skills

Project management

Engineering design leadership

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Nashville, TN is seeking a senior engineering design leader to manage facility design from concept to launch for operations, delivering high-impact material flow and automation solutions.

You will own multiple projects, guiding design, supplier coordination, and execution through successful implementation. The role requires extensive experience in design/innovation within manufacturing or industrial engineering, with a focus on complex automated systems and lean processes.