Design Engineer, AMXL Worldwide Engineering

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

10d

About The Position

Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) is a single-threaded organization with ownership of
the end-to-end customer experience for large, heavy, and bulky products. AMXL
consolidates the complete supply chain including strategy, data analytics,
technology, operations, warehousing, order fulfillment, transportation, and
delivery. AMXL also offers special handling services such as Room of Choice
delivery, Haul-Away, and Installation/Assembly for select items. AMXL currently
operates in North America, Europe, Japan, and India with plans for further
expansion.

We are seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Design Engineer to join our
dynamic AMXL Operations Engineering team. In this critical role, you will drive
analysis, design, and deployment of high-impact retrofit programs and process
re-engineering projects for AMXL Fulfillment Centers, Delivery Stations, and
Sort Centers. The individual will own the capacity models for First Mile and
Middle Mile and will help improve and automate the model refreshes going into
organizational quarterly guidance and planning cycles. Additionally, the role
requires driving concept designs that enhance our customer and associate
experience by introducing new capabilities and re-engineering processes while
increasing the overall safety and efficiency of our operations.

We are looking for someone who possesses a blend of customer-facing and
technical skills and will own retrofit programs and projects from ideation
through execution and validation. Successful candidates will possess a strong
background in facility design, material handling equipment, automation, and
process engineering with a blend of deep skills in program managing complex
projects, strong technical aptitude, troubleshooting capabilities, and
customer-facing skills, along with a passion for innovating and simplifying
processes. You are able to work successfully across multiple large engineering
and operations teams at a strategic level and at an operations integration
level.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related experience
• Experience in management of engineering design projects
• Experience leading engineering design projects and interacting with cross-functional teams
• Experience designing complex systems for automation in logistics or manufacturing, or experience with product development in automotive, aerospace, automation equipment or related field
• Experience in AutoCAD 3D
• Experience in engineering and estimating material handling and storage systems
• Experience modeling or simulating large-scale, high-volume distribution centers

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain) or foreign equivalent, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
• Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision making
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
• Experience with design-in-safety
• Experience with process design based on Lean Principles

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end process design and site layout creation for each new business initiative and process improvement/re-engineering project in delivery station and sort center network
• Own the capacity models for FM and MM BUs
• Determine all resources required for each retrofit project in terms of site layout, traffic plans, optimal material flow, equipment specification, and operations scheduling/ops clock
• Consolidate all retrofit efforts from change management to post-launch support for each site to streamline launch work, minimize disruption, and reduce launch costs
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high quality, cost effective solutions in very short periods of time
• Simultaneously manage multiple high visibility projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors
• Cross-pollinate best practices between engineering and operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects
• Lead ergonomic design improvements leveraging ergonomics, safety, and field ACES team resources
• With each retrofit, drive standardization, documentation of core design and process elements for scalable network growth across North America Logistics using strong process management and Lean principles
• Own and deliver on post-launch reviews and customer feedback, and incorporate feedback into future project plans

Benefits

• 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