Lab Engineer, Avionics Development, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission
is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the
world, and we’ve designed the satellite network with the capacity, flexibility,
and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households
to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who are
intellectually curious, have solved complex problems, and have a demonstrated
ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

In this role, you’ll join Amazon Leo's Avionics Development team as a Lab
Engineer. This is a operations facing position focused on avionics lab equipment
design, management, build-out, operation, and maintenance. As a hands-on lab
manager, you will innovate, design, and deploy the building infrastructure and
equipment systems that let satellite hardware development teams scale and
operate efficiently. You will be the single threaded owner for facilities
requirements, build-out, and execution. You will work hard, have fun, and make
history!

This Lab Engineer will require familiarity and expertise on how modern hardware
laboratories are designed and operated. There are not many historical references
for how to build satellite hardware laboratories that truly scale at the volumes
of Amazon Leo's vision. An ideal candidate can draw inspiration from consumer
electronics, battery, automotive, or other high tech industries to build the
facility that builds the satellite hardware.

You will be a member of the Satellite Avionics Development team working within
the wider Electrical Engineering organization. This highly collaborative group
of hardware and software engineers has a diverse range of backgrounds and
knowledge. We are looking for someone to support and own facilities operations.
Our labs enable prototypes that will validate hardware and software systems for
next generation satellites. We tackle problems that span a variety of domains
and everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in
a highly collaborative environment.

Requirements

• 2+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
• Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
• Experience developing operational processes and technologies
• Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development

Nice To Haves

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience in creating process improvement procedures

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with building designers, architects, and construction firms to design new (or retrofit existing) lab facilities
• Collaborate with different satellite hardware development teams to collect facility and equipment requirements
• Operate, maintain, and upgrade complex equipment systems that develop, qualify, and validate satellite hardware prototypes
• Create standard operating procedures, draft narratives to decision makers, and create operational reports tracking key-performance-indicators
• Liaise with suppliers, contractors, and vendors that contribute to the hardware development life cycle

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed