Sr. PCBA Manufacturing Engineer, Amazon Leo

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

Description

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

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.

As an Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer for one or more Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA), you'll be directly responsible for bring engineering designs for complex electronic assemblies to reality. You'll work closely with the Design Engineering and Supplier Manufacturing teams to ensure new designs are optimized for manufacturing while driving improvements in yield, cycle time, and cost for existing hardware. Your expertise will be invaluable in bringing satellite hardware to life.

Come solve the difficult and rewarding engineering challenges in developing a highly reliable, power efficient, performant, low-cost satellite bus and payload. As a Sr. PCBA Manufacturing Engineer, you will work across design engineering, supply-chain, quality, and our manufacturing partners to drive Amazon Leo electrical sub-system and PCBA manufacturing and delivery.

You must have the ability to dive deep on the details to identify, understand and solve difficult technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to prioritize issues for whole program. You use data to drive manufacturability, reliability, and quality objectives in design and development teams.

• Up to 50% Travel will be required for this role

Key job responsibilities

• Work with the Design Engineering team to provide PCB/PCBA DFM feedback. Identify and elevate PCBA manufacturing challenges early in product development.
• Drive the PCBA Manufacturing Qualification process at the CM. Define manufacturing readiness requirements and lead key milestone reviews to ensure all production readiness deliverables are complete.
• Investigate and develop new manufacturing technology and methodologies to enhance PCBA quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.
• Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds. Work within Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Reliability Engineering to implement and optimize manufacturing processes and improve yields for production ramp.
• Investigate failures/defects in production, test, and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence as part of continuous improvement efforts.
• Identify opportunities for risk reduction and simplification of PCBA manufacturing processes.
• Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and standardized rework practices.
• Actively monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp. Provide regular status reports of PCBAs progress from design to production.
• Deploy and qualify polymerics (staking, underfill, and conformal coat) equipment for high volume production.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• 5+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB production/processes and manufacturing engineering.
• Experience in board assembly processes and equipment: Stencil, paste print, SPI, pick & place, SMT reflow, AOI, 5DX, selective solder, flying probe, and wash.
• Experience working independently and ensuring timely and accurate communication with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and 3rd party test and failure analysis partners.
• Ability to lead small teams in root-causing technical product manufacturability and process problems and drive implementation of solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for the team’s spirit of innovation and mission of improving manufacturability, quality, and reliability in cutting-edge technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB supply chain, manufacturing or engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience with industry standard PLM and DFX systems, Mentor/Valor preferred.
• Experience performing Design and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analyses.
• Experience with IPC-A-610H Class 3, IPC J-STD-001H compliance
• Experience in Polymeric application, including conformal coating, staking and underfill.
• Experience in solder alloys including leaded and lead free as well as next gen low temp alloys.
• Experience with flying probe test systems and DFT
• Experience providing hands‑on experimental design and execution (Statistical analysis and DOE).

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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, Bellevue - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID: A3170813