Lab Engineer, Avionics Development, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

1d • $39 - $69

About The Position

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 There are not many historical references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.

Requirements

• Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
• 1+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
• 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