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Manager, Propulsion Test Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon$151K — $204K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hardware engineering experience
  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing)
  • Project management experience in technical projects

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Test Engineers focused on propulsion system testing
  • Develop and design new testing capabilities
  • Improve existing test frameworks and processes
  • Automate hardware and optimize test software
  • Build additional systems for parallel testing
  • Investigate root causes of hardware failures
  • Balance process methodologies, schedules, and test coverage to enhance production rates

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance with options for supplemental plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
Full Job Description
As the Manager of the Production Test Team you will lead of team of Test Engineers which is responsible for the Propulsion system. The team is responsible for the design, build, maintenance, and optimization of electric propulsion production testing of all propulsion subsystems, including the thruster, cathode, propellant feed system, propellant storage, and integrated propulsion system.

You will lead a team responsible for developing and designing new test capabilities as well as improve existing test frameworks and processes in order to ensure the needed test coverage is achieved at production rates. This will include hardware automation and test software optimization of existing systems, buildup of additional systems for parallel testing, and performing and utilizing development testing to inform methods of accelerating production testing and improving screening. The team is also responsible for contributing to finding solutions to challenging problems by investigating root causes for hardware failures as well as trading process methodologies, schedule constraints, and test coverage in order to enable increased production rates to be obtained.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of hardware engineering experience

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience

- Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor of Arts degree

- Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing)

- Experience with the project management of technical projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Power Engineering, or a related field

- Experience developing products for large volume production

- Experience managing teams of 8+ engineers

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 - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually

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