Manufacturing Engineer, Amazon Leo
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Job summary
Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to drive production capability on the Optical Inter-Satellite Link program. You will lead a small team of engineers, partnering with design and production to scale manufacturing and ensure robust qualification of new rate-enabling equipment.
The role emphasizes hands-on shop-floor presence, cross-functional collaboration, and proactive problem solving to maintain aggressive production milestones across multiple sites
Qualifications
- 2+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent.
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
- Demonstrated experience with Opto-mechanical systems, including optical bonding, fiber optic assembly, laser systems fabrication, optical metrology, and mechatronic systems.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualize, design, develop, and improve production processes through collaboration/leadership of a team of manufacturing engineers.
- Serve as primary technical interface to development team, leading as the factory voice in Design Reviews and new product development.
- Support operations by solving complex technical problems during escalations and quality containments.
- Own the capacity increase roadmap for production, defining equipment needs for rate increases and leading installation/qualification.
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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.
- Conceptualize, design, develop, and improve production processes (assembly, integration, test processes) through collaboration/leadership of a team of manufacturing engineers.
- Serve as primary technical interface to development team, participating as the lead technical voice from the factory in Design Reviews, key technical escalations, and new product development activities.
- Support operations team directly by being a high solving power engineer, capable of bringing multiple diverging technical perspectives together in high pressure escalation moments such as quality containments.
- Own the capacity increase roadmap for production including defining the relevant capital equipment required for rate increase and helping to lead the design, procurement, install, and qualification of new rate enabling equipment.
- 25% – On the shop floor, working with production teams to implement new processes, review & solve key technical blockers in production, performing production development testing, etc.
- 25% – Independent development work such as deep diving on available data sets to identify and implement key production improvement actions, acting on quality escapes by developing and implementing new quality control measures, developing & executing existing roadmaps for capacity increase, process simplification, etc.
- 40% – Meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.
- 10% – Mentorship settings with other engineers on the team, performing collaborative work & coaching to develop the team members skillsets, while ensuring common team execution to your technical vision.
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.
The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. The Manufacturing Engineering Team is the technical arm of this organization, with 20+ engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production. As a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you will be the technical leader of a team of 4-6 manufacturing engineers.
- 2+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Degree in one of the following areas or related field or equivalent work experience:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Optical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Physics
- Optics/Optical Sciences
- Demonstrated experience with Opto-mechanical systems, including optical bonding, fiber optic assembly, laser systems fabrication, optical metrology, and mechatronic systems
- Familiarity with Low-Rate Manufacturing Environments & New Product Introduction
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices & principles
- Experience with Root Cause Analysis Techniques such as Fishbone, Fault Tree, DMAIC, or related technologies/processes
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience with hardware/software integration and real-time systems
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- Preferred Skills:
- Experience with SAP or similar ERP software
- Experience with NX Unigraphics of similar CAD software
- Experience with Industrial Analysis such as Motion Studies
- Experience with Statistical Analysis Software such as Minitab
- Exceptional analytical skills
- Exceptional communication and writing skills
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
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Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
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