Senior Tooling Design Engineer, Aerospace GSE

Amazon; Redmond (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 is seeking a Senior Tooling Design Engineer for the Leo Tooling team to transition tooling from development to production, designing fixtures and hardware for satellite component testing. You will manage projects, estimate costs, and coordinate with manufacturing and vendors.

The role requires strong CAD/FEA skills, hands-on design work, and collaboration across teams to deliver cost-effective, high-quality tooling at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering.
• 2+ years of project management experience (resource planning, scheduling, status reporting).
• 4+ years of mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of CAD design of complex systems including 3D modeling, drawings, and GD&T.
• 1+ years of structural analysis including hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and conceive creative solutions with vehicle, manufacturing, integration and operation teams.
• Design fixtures, mechanisms, and hardware to support testing of satellite components.
• Validate the design including hand-calculations and Finite Element Analysis.
• Geometric design using NX for parts and assemblies and 2D drawings communicating design intent.
• Project manage design execution including budgeting, scheduling, and coordinating with manufacturing and vendors.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and operations on commissioning designs on the production floor.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical engineering principles

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

Simcenter 3D FEA

3D modeling

Geometric GD&T

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Tooling Design Engineer for the Leo Tooling team to transition tooling from development to production, designing fixtures and hardware for satellite component testing. You will manage projects, estimate costs, and coordinate with manufacturing and vendors.

The role requires strong CAD/FEA skills, hands-on design work, and collaboration across teams to deliver cost-effective, high-quality tooling at scale.