Senior Industrial Design Engineer, Last Mile Engineering

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Last Mile Engineering in New York is seeking a Mechanical Engineer / Industrial Designer to lead automation and material handling equipment initiatives for next-generation delivery station designs.

You will collaborate with internal and external teams to design high-quality, cost-effective solutions for our delivery stations and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, with up to 40% travel to engage with leaders and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading automation and MHE design initiatives for last mile networks.
• Ability to travel up to 40% to interact with internal and external leaders.
• Strong collaboration across internal/external teams to deliver cost-effective, high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design efforts to develop optimal automation/MHE equipment design solutions for the last mile network through equipment specification, material flow, process design, site layout, and intellectual property considerations.
• Collaboration with internal teams and external vendors and stakeholders to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions in very short periods of time.
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects, retrofits and building designs
• Effective communication skills, ability to execute the vision, detailed roadmap, and specific technical solutions to make a compelling business case with senior executives.
• Ability to travel up to 40% to interact with internal and external business and technical leaders.

Skills

Mechanical design

Industrial design

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Communication

Job description

Last Mile Engineering is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented Mechanical Engineer / Industrial Designer to lead automation and material handling equipment (MHE) initiatives of developing next generation, world-class Last Mile transportation building designs. Are you an innovative leader that wants to design the next generation of world-class delivery station and logistics systems across the globe? Do you want a high level of ownership in solving complex problems? Does the challenge of designing systems/buildings that leverage ground breaking automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies and robotics appeal to you? If so, we have the job for you!

We’re looking to add high-impact engineers to our team. In this role, you will collaborate with internal and external teams to design high-quality, cost-effective solutions for our delivery stations. Your projects will be a variety of delivery station concepts and template-based design solutions that will enhance the effectiveness of Amazon's last mile network. You will work with a team of highly skilled and highly engaged engineers in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment.

Ability to travel 40% to interact with internal and external business, operational and technical leaders.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design efforts to develop optimal automation/MHE equipment design solutions for the last mile network through equipment specification, material flow, process design, site layout, and intellectual property considerations.


• Collaboration with internal teams and external vendors and stakeholders to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions in very short periods of time.


• Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.


• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects, retrofits and building designs


• Effective communication skills, ability to execute the vision, detailed roadmap, and specific technical solutions to make a compelling business case with senior executives.


• Ability to travel up to 40% to interact with internal and external business and technical leaders.

About the team

The AMZL Central Engineering organization, designs, pilots and deploys Automation technologies within AMZL network. The team owns the full life-cycle of the automation tech from concept to pilot to full scale deployment and continuous improvement post deployment.