Lab Operations Specialist I, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

2d • $39 - $69 • Onsite

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 system 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.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and
regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent
resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.
as a refugee or granted asylum.

We are seeking a Safety & 5S Specialist to support safety excellence and 5S
implementation across our lab operations. This role will conduct safety walks,
perform 5S audits, maintain compliance documentation, and deliver training on
established safety and 5S protocols. The ideal candidate will combine hands-on
lab technical skills with attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining
safe, organized workspaces.

The Amazon LEO (KMS) Machine shop provides development fabrication capabilities
as well as future production machining. These operations occur in our Redmond
facilities.

We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast paced, start-up like
environment. To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail
oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.

Requirements

• Experience planning and maintaining lab facilities for optimal efficiency and creating new processes when necessary
• 3+ years of consumer electronics lab environments experience
• 2+ years of project management, including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status and prioritizing tasks experience

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of consumer electronics lab environments experience
• High school or equivalent, or 3+ years of demonstrating safety standards experience
• 1+ years of demonstrating safety standards experience
• Experience in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, service operations, or related fields
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt, or 2+ years of managing department spend and labor budgets, performing root cause analysis (RCA), and implementing continuous improvement (CI) experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular safety walks and inspections using established checklists and procedures, identifying safety hazards and implementing straightforward corrective actions while maintaining safety documentation, logs, and incident reports following standard procedures.
• Deliver safety training to team members using established materials, collaborate with safety captains and area leaders on safety initiatives, and escalate complex safety issues appropriately to management.
• Execute 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) practices following defined standards, conducting 5S audits using established criteria and assessment tools, and implementing and maintaining visual management systems per team guidelines.
• Apply 5S standards and contribute to updates under guidance, deliver 5S training using established materials and resources, and support team-level 5S improvement projects.
• Complete straightforward lab engineering tasks using SOPs and documentation, operate shop tools and lab equipment safely and effectively, and maintain a clean, organized, and efficient lab environment following 5S principles while supporting environmental and reliability testing activities as needed.
• Collaborate effectively with engineers, managers, and partner teams, following standard operating procedures and work instructions while making appropriate trade-offs between speed, quality, and resource constraints.
• Document safety observations, corrective actions, and audit results, clearly communicating status updates, issues, and blockers to team and management, and participating actively in team meetings and safety reviews.
• Create clear, accurate reports using established templates and formats, seek help when needed, and escalate appropriately, understanding how your work impacts team goals and contributes to operational excellence.

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: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED