Propulsion Hardware Engineer, Prime Air Drone Fleet & Production

Amazon.com Services LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Bellevue, WA, is seeking an experienced Battery/BMS engineer to support production and field operations of the Prime Air drone propulsion system. You will perform root cause analysis, lab troubleshooting, and develop mitigations to enable scalable battery solutions and manufacturing workflows.

You will document processes, interface with supply chain and vendors, and help translate lab findings into production-tested systems, improving reliability of battery design,

Qualifications

• 4+ years in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with 3D CAD and electronics test equipment.
• Knowledge of Battery design, maintenance, and charging logic.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting with hardware/software interfaces.
• Root cause analysis on battery-related hardware failures.
• Provide corrective actions for production issues.
• Implement changes in production-level hardware/software.
• Deep dive into battery cells, production, and charging methods.

Skills

Battery design & charging

3D CAD

Root-cause analysis

Hardware troubleshooting

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Function generators

Job description

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization.
Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!
Prime Air is seeking an experienced Battery/BMS engineer to aid the development and scaling of the Production and Field Operations of the electrical propulsion system of Prime Air Drones. This role will require you to dive deep into root cause analysis, troubleshoot in a lab environment, develop mitigations, and drive future solutions for the Battery and the operations regarding it. You will also be responsible for documenting and developing streamlined workflows to deliver corrective actions, interfacing with supply chain and external vendors, and applying this knowledge into production-level test systems to help mitigate issues on future Battery systems and Solutions.

Key job responsibilities

• Troubleshooting with hardware/software interfaces
• Root cause analysis on hardware failures across the electrical propulsion subsystem
• Providing corrective actions
• Implementing changes in production-level hardware/software
• Diving deep in to Battery Cells, production, charging methods, etc.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience in 3D CAD
• Experience using common electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, etc)
• Knowledge of Battery Design, Maintenance and Charging logic

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in root cause analysis and troubleshooting or problem solving
• 3+ Years of Experience with Battery Design, Management and Charging

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USA, WA, Seattle - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually