Senior TPM, Manufacturing Ops & Industrial Engineering

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Cincinnati, KY is seeking a Manufacturing Operations and Industrial Engineering Program Manager to own factory layout and material flow across AWS rack fulfillment sites.

You will bridge capacity planning, automation engineering, construction, and operations to scale infrastructure for EC2, ML, and Storage platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, publish process control guidelines, and drive standards to enable rapid capacity deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Translate rack fulfillment capacity plans into data-driven facility layouts for AWS manufacturing operations, designing end-to-end material flow from dock receipt through assembly, integration, test, and dispatch across EC2, Machine Learning, and Storage product platforms
• Design factory floor layouts including automation line stations, manual assembly zones, test positions, sub-assembly areas, burn-in, and repair workflows — determining optimal buffer sizing, automation vs. manual line trade-offs, and material handling system specifications (AMR/AGV routes, conveyors, ASRS) based on cycle time analysis, volume ramp curves, and product mix complexity
• Develop and maintain industrial simulation models to identify bottlenecks, validate throughput assumptions, optimize material flow paths, and establish performance metrics including takt time adherence, buffer occupancy, and transport cycle times
• Coordinate utility and infrastructure requirements for each production zone with facilities and construction teams, ensuring infrastructure readiness aligns with layout phasing
• Manage phased layout plans aligned with construction milestones, enabling production in early zones while build-out continues in adjacent areas; own layout change control, produce clear visual documentation, and develop replicable standards across the global manufacturing site network
• Drive continuous improvement and operations sustaining by owning the factory layout as a living document, partnering with Operations, Test, Process, and Automation Engineering teams to implement optimizations that reduce cycle time, improve throughput toward manufacturing-to-ship SLA targets, and enable rapid capacity deployment for new product platform introductions

Skills

Technical product management

Technical program management

Engineering collaboration

Cross-functional leadership

Release planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Cincinnati, KY is seeking a Manufacturing Operations and Industrial Engineering Program Manager to own factory layout and material flow across AWS rack fulfillment sites.

You will bridge capacity planning, automation engineering, construction, and operations to scale infrastructure for EC2, ML, and Storage platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, publish process control guidelines, and drive standards to enable rapid capacity deployment.