Production Quality Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Production Quality Manager to own quality management for satellite production. You will lead a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and technicians, guiding QMS initiatives and APQP/SPC deployments to ensure ultra-high performance of a key space module.

Based in Kirkland, WA, you will collaborate with design, manufacturing, and program management to drive continuous improvement, lead root-cause investigations, and ensure compliance with AS9100 standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of 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

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.

Skills

Quality leadership

APQP

SPC

Root cause

Production quality

Manufacturing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

MS in Mechanical or Electrical

Tools

Excel

Pivot Tables

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Production Quality Manager, Amazon Leo

Job ID: 10551383 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

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.

As the Manufacturing Quality Manager for a Line Replaceable unit at Amazon Leo, you will be directly responsible for the production process development, introduction, improvement, & maintenance of a key module on our next generation spacecraft. You’ll be the leading technical voice for a team of quality engineers working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with delivering an ultra-high-performing optical, electrical, and mechatronic module to space.

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. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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