Liaison Engineer, 1st Shift, Amazon Leo

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Liaison Engineer to support on-site manufacturing and assembly for the Leo satellite program. You will work on the shop floor with Manufacturing and Quality teams to disposition non-conformances and drive engineering resolutions.

Responsibilities include reviewing non-conformance events, developing repairs and DFMs, conducting root-cause investigations, and documenting analyses to support dispositions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.

Responsibilities

• This position will review and disposition non-conformance events for spacecraft and ground support equipment across all production phases.
• Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions.
• Conduct root cause investigations and develop corrective actions.
• Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports.
• Develop analysis methods to address common non-conformances.
• Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses.
• Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

MRB experience

Aerospace structures

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Teamcenter

NX

NX Nastran

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who combine superb technical, research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

In this role, you'll join Leo's Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Leo production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor along side Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard, have fun, and make history!

This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.

Export Control Requirement:

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• This position will work 1st shift, 6:00am-4:30pm, 4 days a week back half Wednesday-Saturday
• Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Leo operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations
• Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions
• Conduct root cause investigations and develop corrective actions
• Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports
• Develop analysis methods to address common non-conformances
• Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses
• Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers

A day in the life

This Liaison/MRB Engineer will be providing engineering support to resolve engineering issues that arise during manufacturing and assembly processes, quality inspection and acceptance tests, through the application of engineering and design principles, consulting the engineering development teams as needed.

About the team

The Liaison Engineering team is part of the Leo Structural Integrity and Analysis teams (Structural Analysis, Loads and Dynamics, Materials and Processes and Reliability) that is ultimately responsible for Integrity of not only the spacecraft but all other commodities supporting the program, inside and outside of the Mechanical Engineering group.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• Strong fundamentals in engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, modal, frequency response, random vibration, sine and acoustic analyses/tests)
• Experience with fatigue and fracture analyses
• Knowledge of or experience with spacecraft technology and related primary, secondary and tertiary structures
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Strong understanding or Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Strong understanding of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (drawing interpretation)
• Experience with Siemens Products (Teamcenter, NX, NX Nastran)

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and loc