Production Quality Manager, Amazon Leo

Socket.dev; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Leo in Kirkland, WA is seeking a seasoned Quality Engineering leader to own the QMS for satellite production. You will lead a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and technicians, driving proactive QA measures aligned with production demands.

Responsibilities include reporting metrics, coaching team members, and guiding QMS enhancements, while coaching on APQP and SPC tools to drive high-quality outcomes in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in large product assembly quality engineering, manufacturing, or operations.
• 2+ years of senior management and leadership responsibilities.
• 5+ years leading problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Own quality management system processes for satellite production.
• Lead quality engineers, inspectors, and technicians in QA measures with production demands.
• Report metrics, coach team, and guide QMS improvements.

Skills

Quality leadership

Data analysis

Problem solving

APQP/SPC knowledge

Education

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Amazon 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

Key job responsibilities

• Taking ownership of quality management system processes for satellite production
• Leading quality engineers, inspectors, and technicians in deployment of proactive QA measures alongside production demands
• Reporting metrics, coaching team members, and guiding QMS enhancements and improvements
• Coaching on Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools
• Drive improvement for yield improvement
• Daily leadership call for provide the updates for high severity issue
• Manage Production QE, Production QE and Quality Inspector team
• Lead the containment activity and root cause investigation for high severity to product and business.
• Leading root-cause corrective actions and participating in Material Review Board (MRB) activities.
• Manage the block stock inventory and lead the site to disposition the non conformance that found at incoming quality and warehouse block stock inventory.
• Provide coaching and lead process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, MSAs, SPC and other APQP artifacts to support continued high quality production.
• 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 containment.
• Working within an AS9100 (or similar) certified quality system
• Conduct rigorous Continuous Improvement activities to prevent recurrence of non-conformances during assembly.
• Implements the Leo's Quality System through process development and launch mechanisms.

A day in the life

You will serve as a key lynchpin connection design/development, factory operations, quality engineering, program management, and more as you drive the manufacturing processes, we use from initial production introduction to full rate production. You will leverage your expertise in Quality System and design to partner with development on the design of future iterations of the system and sub-assembly and our associated production test systems & tooling.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in large product assembly quality engineering, manufacturing, or operations throughout a production lifecycle development.
• BS in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent experien
• 2+ years of senior management and leadership responsibilities experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years experience in large product assembly, quality engineering, manufacturing, or operations through a production lifecycle development
• 5+ years experience leading problem solving

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent experience
• MS in Mechanical, Electrical
• Experience in leading large team size ~30+

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

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 location. 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Kirkland - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually