Aerospace Mfg Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Kirkland, WA

1d • $117,300 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, aiming to deliver fast, reliable internet globally. This broad-scoped position involves manufacturing engineering ownership of multiple mechanisms and assemblies for the Project Kuiper satellite program. The role supports new satellite mechanisms early in the production phase, providing critical design for manufacturability input, supporting testing of assemblies, and developing plans to transition from design/test to build/production. The role requires a thorough understanding of fabrication processes, system design, and mechanical system assembly and test processes. Responsibilities include owning test campaigns to validate manufacturing processes for robustness, yield, and reliability, and transitioning into a production environment to produce assemblies at the lowest possible cost and highest quality. This involves root-causing problems to maintain build schedules and implementing efficiency gains through tooling, automation, or design and process changes. It is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, working with leaders in multiple technology areas, requiring high standards for product performance, quality, and cost.

Requirements

• 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with prototyping and implementation
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field
• 3+ years of implementing metric-based strategies utilizing continuous improvement concepts experience
• 3+ years of experience developing and building space mechanical assemblies (or 5+ years of experience with space hardware build and development or 7+ years of experience in design and manufacturing)
• 3+ years of experience in development and implementation of operations control documentation processes.
• 1+ years of experience planning and driving process development campaigns

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of SolidWorks simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools
• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• 7+ years of experience in spacecraft or spacecraft hardware production environment
• Experience with mechanisms and mechanical assemblies, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis of testing, processing, and assembly failures
• Cross-organizational communication – comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively, in both verbal and written forms.
• Successful in taking complicated build and design requirements and developing them into clear and consise build and test instructions and implementing appropriate and useful quality standards and procedures

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

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level