Sr. Lab Manager, Avionics Engineering Operations, Amazon Leo

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo's Avionics Development Lab is seeking a hands-on Sr. Lab Manager to design, build, operate, and maintain the facilities that enable satellite hardware teams to scale.

You will own the lab infrastructure, coordinate with designers, contractors, and suppliers, and deploy pilot plants and test equipment while drafting SOPs and KPI reports. The role requires strong collaboration across engineering and operations, with focus on scalable lab systems, safety, and continuous improvement in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years in hardware development, lab, or hands-on engineering.
• Knowledge of engineering documents, electrical diagrams, SOPs.
• Experience developing operational processes and technologies.
• Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering.
• Experience in design, innovation, and R&D.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with designers and contractors to design lab facilities.
• Collaborate with satellite hardware teams to collect facility requirements.
• Select, procure, and deploy pilot plant and test equipment for avionics.
• Create SOPs to operate, maintain, and upgrade complex systems.
• Draft narratives and operational reports with KPIs.
• Liaise with suppliers and vendors across the life cycle.

Skills

5+ years hardware development

Engineering documentation

Operational process development

Manufacturing/industrial engineering

Design & development

Tools

Electrical diagrams

SOP writing

Pilot plant equipment

Job description

Sr. Lab Manager, Avionics Engineering Operations, Amazon Leo

Job ID: 10504253 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who are intellectually curious, have solved complex problems, and have a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

In this role, you’ll join Amazon Leo's Avionics Development team as a Lab Engineer. This is an operations facing position focused on avionics lab equipment design, management, build‑out, operation, and maintenance. As a hands‑on lab manager, you will innovate, design, and deploy the building infrastructure and equipment systems that let satellite hardware development teams scale and operate efficiently. You will be the single threaded owner for facilities requirements, build‑out, and execution. You will work hard, have fun, and make history!

This Lab Engineer will require familiarity and expertise on how modern hardware laboratories are designed and operated. There are not many historical references for how to build satellite hardware laboratories that truly scale at the volumes of Amazon Leo's vision. An ideal candidate can draw inspiration from consumer electronics, battery, automotive, or other high‑tech industries to build the facility that builds the satellite hardware.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Coordinate with building designers, architects, and construction firms to design new (or retrofit existing) lab facilities
• Collaborate with different satellite hardware development teams to collect facility and equipment requirements
• Select, procure, and deploy complex pilot plant and test equipment needed to develop, build, and test state‑of‑the‑art satellite avionics.
• Create standard operating procedures to operate, maintain, and upgrade complex systems that develop, qualify, and validate satellite hardware prototypes.
• Draft narratives to decision makers and create operational reports tracking key‑performance‑indicators
• Liaise with suppliers, contractors, and vendors that contribute to the hardware development life cycle

About the team

You will be a member of the Satellite Avionics Development team working within the wider Electrical Engineering organization. This highly collaborative group of hardware and software engineers has a diverse range of backgrounds and knowledge. We are looking for someone to support and own facilities operations. Our labs enable prototypes that will validate hardware and software systems for next generation satellites. We tackle problems that span a variety of domains and everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands‑on engineering environment experience
• Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
• Experience developing operational processes and technologies
• Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience in creating process improvement procedures

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 136,900.00 - 185,200.00 USD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.