Amazon

Aerospace Mfg Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon$117K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
  • Experience with high volume automated manufacturing equipment
  • Familiarity with statistical process control methods
  • 3+ years utilizing root cause analysis techniques
  • 2+ years tracking and analyzing production metrics

Responsibilities

  • Design manufacturing processes and production lines for space hardware
  • Manage procurement, installation, and qualification of manufacturing equipment
  • Collaborate with supply chain partners to oversee critical vendor relationships
  • Define material flow planning and manufacturing processes with minimal existing guidelines
  • Support hardware testing and tooling design through data analysis
  • Plan takt time and cost optimization for assembly, integration, and testing
  • Conduct design for manufacturability reviews for design release approval

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Access to employee assistance programs and mental health support
Full Job Description
This is a broad scoped position providing manufacturing engineering ownership of multiple mechanisms and assemblies for the project Kuiper satellite program. You will be supporting new satellite mechanisms early in the production phase, providing critical design for manufacturability input and supporting testing of these assemblies, while developing and implementing the plan to move from design/test into build/production.

Key job responsibilities

- Design space hardware production processes and production lines

- Experience with equipment design, procurement, installation, and qualification

- Work with supply chain partners to manage critical vendors

- Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition with minimal existing definition

- Ability to support space hardware testing, including tooling design and data analysis

- Assembly, Integration, and Test takt time & cost optimization planning

- Design for Manufacturability review and sign off for design release

A day in the life

This role will require a thorough understanding of fabrication processes, system design, and mechanical system assembly and test processes. You will own test campaigns to validate manufacturing processes for robustness, yield, and reliability scenarios. Transitioning into a production environment, you will strive to produce assemblies for the lowest possible cost and highest possible quality. This will include root causing problems that occur for the assembly to keep builds on schedule while also working on efficiency gains through tooling, automation, or design and process changes.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience

- Experience working with high volume automated manufacturing equipment

- Experience with statistical process control

- 3+ years using root cause analysis techniques to implement corrective actions

- 2+ years tracking and analyzing production metrics

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of SolidWorks simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools

- Experience with solar panel manufacturing techniques and equipment

- Experience setting up automated optical inspection systems

- Experience leading production report outs to stakeholders

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, Kirkland - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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