Senior PCBA Manufacturing Engineer - Satellite Hardware

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Bellevue, WA seeks a Sr. PCBA Manufacturing Engineer to bring complex PCB assemblies from design to production. You will work with design engineering, supply chain, quality and manufacturing partners to optimize readiness, yield, cycle time and cost while delivering a high-reliability satellite bus and payload.

Travel up to 50% is required. Bring systems thinking to manufacturability and process improvements across the program, ensuring production

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PCBA/PCB production and manufacturing engineering.
• Experience with board assembly processes and equipment: stencil, paste print, SPI, pick & place, SMT reflow, AOI, 5DX, selective solder, flying probe, wash.
• Ability to lead small teams in root-causing technical manufacturability problems and drive solutions.
• Strong communication with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and failure analysis partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide PCB/PCBA DFM feedback with Design Engineering; elevate manufacturing challenges early.
• Drive PCBA Manufacturing Qualification at the contract manufacturer; define readiness requirements and milestone reviews.
• Investigate and develop new manufacturing technology to enhance PCBA quality, reliability, throughput and cost.
• Close operational issues during pre-production builds; collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Reliability Engineering.
• Investigate failures/defects in production and mitigate root causes to prevent recurrence.
• Identify opportunities for risk reduction and simplification of PCBA manufacturing processes.
• Deliver manufacturing process capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and standardized rework practices.
• Monitor success of products and processes through production ramp; provide status reports from design to production.

Skills

PCBA production

Cross-functional collaboration

Root-cause analysis

Team leadership

Tools

Mentor/Valor

IPC Compliance

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Bellevue, WA seeks a Sr. PCBA Manufacturing Engineer to bring complex PCB assemblies from design to production. You will work with design engineering, supply chain, quality and manufacturing partners to optimize readiness, yield, cycle time and cost while delivering a high-reliability satellite bus and payload.

Travel up to 50% is required. Bring systems thinking to manufacturability and process improvements across the program, ensuring production