Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Nitro SSD: Scale Production

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. Nitro SSD team is seeking Manufacturing Engineers to scale up production of NAND-based SSDs globally. You will own manufacturing launches, drive process improvements, and coordinate with CM/ODM, silicon vendors, and internal AWS hardware teams to meet throughput and reliability targets.

You will lead yield and reliability improvements, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure readiness for new product introductions and manufacturing sites, from prototyping to mass production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years manufacturing experience with storage drives or high-tech hardware.
• 3+ years of product development experience.
• 3+ years of statistical analysis and reliability testing (JEDEC standards).
• Experience with failure analysis techniques to evaluate production and field failures.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and optimize product designs for quality assurance and manufacturing efficiency of solid state drive products and their integration with servers and rack systems.
• Scale up manufacturing on new SSD products across a global network.
• Lead and oversee quality control processes across CM, ODM, and component vendors.
• Deliver hands-on technical support during new product introductions and launches.
• Investigate and resolve customer escalations through comprehensive root cause analysis.
• Define hardware reliability qualification plans and drive root cause analysis for manufacturing reliability excursions.
• Drive Operational Readiness Review (ORR) and Ok2Ship for new products and manufacturing sites.
• Lead production standups and yield review meetings with CM and ODM.
• Monitor manufacturing quality metrics and triage hardware or firmware issues in production.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

Root cause analysis

Statistical analysis

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Eng

Tools

Six Sigma

Job description

Amazon Inc. Nitro SSD team is seeking Manufacturing Engineers to scale up production of NAND-based SSDs globally. You will own manufacturing launches, drive process improvements, and coordinate with CM/ODM, silicon vendors, and internal AWS hardware teams to meet throughput and reliability targets.

You will lead yield and reliability improvements, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure readiness for new product introductions and manufacturing sites, from prototyping to mass production.