Mechanical Engineer-Ground Support Equipment, Amazon Leo

Amazon; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Leo project seeks a Project Engineer - Ground Support Equipment to design, develop and manage GSE for launch operations, interfacing with site engineers and management. The role requires extensive experience in mechanical, pneumatic and electrical systems for GSE, to lead design reviews, coordinate procurement, and establish acceptance criteria while maintaining documentation and budgets.

Will ingness to travel up to 25% and pass Kennedy Space Center background checks is expected as

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with mechanical, pneumatic and electrical system development for GSE.
• Ability to design and manage GSE through development and build cycles.
• Experience coordinating with launch operations to meet requirements.
• Ability to develop specifications for performance, fabrication, acceptance testing and maintenance.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% annually and pass background checks.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage GSE through development and build cycles to support launch operations.
• Coordinate with launch operations personnel to understand requirements and develop GSE to meet them.
• Develop and approve specifications for performance, fabrication, acceptance testing and maintenance.
• Manage external partners to ensure GSE meets specifications and timelines.
• Establish technical documentation for maintenance and proofload requirements.
• Perform hand calculations and finite element analysis to support design.
• Design and analyze CAD models using Siemens NX and Femap.
• Maintain equipment schedule, budget, and technical status.
• Implement and continuously improve GSE operations.
• Shift schedule varies with production and launch needs.
• Travel up to 25% annually; Kennedy Space Center background checks.

Job description

Description

Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Description

Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

The Project Engineer - Ground Support Equipment is the technical expert in design and operation of launch site ground support equipment (GSE). This role interfaces directly with launch site engineers and management to understand GSE needs for new and existing processing facilities. Additionally, the Mechanical Project Engineer - Ground Support Equipment will develop cost estimations, lead procurement, manage vendors, run design reviews, and establish acceptance criteria for maintaining and commission hardware. This position is responsible for designs and managing all phases for new and existing ground support equipment in support of Leo launch operations.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical setting and leads collaboration with other departments to reach the best solution to any problem. The candidate will have extensive experience with mechanical, pneumatic and electrical system development for GSE, with particular focus on satellite processing.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and manage GSE through development and build cycles to support launch operations.
• Coordinate with launch operations personnel to understand operational requirements and develop GSE to meet those requirements.
• Develop and approve specifications for performance, fabrication, acceptance test and maintenance.
• Manage external partners to ensure GSE meets specifications and timelines.
• Establish technical documentation for maintenance and proofload requirements.
• Perform analysis (hand calculations and finite element analysis) to support design.
• Design and analysis of concept CAD models using Siemens NX and Femap.
• Maintain and report on equipment schedule, budget, and technical status.
• Implement and continuously improve GSE operations.
• Assembly, integration, and test takt time and cost optimization planning.
• Shift schedule will vary, depending on production/launch schedules
• Must be willing and able to perform extended travel up to 25% annually, either domestically or internationally as business needs demand.
• Must be able to pass Kennedy Space Center background checks and maintain ongoing facility access.

A day in the life

The GSE Engineer will spend significant amounts of time collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to determine GSE needs. They will be responsible for maintaining hardware to support operations. They will lead GSE efforts at the launch sites and address root cause of failures and issues, implement corrective actions and hardware modifications.

We are a fast-paced, data-driven team, and work with leaders in multiple technology areas to deliver the best product for our customers. We hold each other to relentlessly high standards, and constantly look for ways to improve the product’s performance, quality and cost. We are excited about the technical challenges, which motivates us rather than discourages us. We dive deep to find root cause and implement solutions to ensure long term reliability.

We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.