In this role, you'll join Leo's Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Leo production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor along side Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard, have fun, and make history!
This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.
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
- This position will work 1st shift, 6:00am-4:30pm, 4 days a week back half Wednesday-Saturday
- Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Leo operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations
- Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions
- Conduct root cause investigations and develop corrective actions
- Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports
- Develop analysis methods to address common non-conformances
- Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses
- Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers
A day in the life
This Liaison/MRB Engineer will be providing engineering support to resolve engineering issues that arise during manufacturing and assembly processes, quality inspection and acceptance tests, through the application of engineering and design principles, consulting the engineering development teams as needed.
About the team
The Liaison Engineering team is part of the Leo Structural Integrity and Analysis teams (Structural Analysis, Loads and Dynamics, Materials and Processes and Reliability) that is ultimately responsible for Integrity of not only the spacecraft but all other commodities supporting the program, inside and outside of the Mechanical Engineering group.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- Strong fundamentals in engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, modal, frequency response, random vibration, sine and acoustic analyses/tests)
- Experience with fatigue and fracture analyses
- Knowledge of or experience with spacecraft technology and related primary, secondary and tertiary structures
- Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
- Strong understanding or Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
- Strong understanding of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (drawing interpretation)
- Experience with Siemens Products (Teamcenter, NX, NX Nastran)
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
