Liaison Engineer, 2nd Shift, Project Kuiper

Amazon.com • Kirkland, WA

161d • $105,600 - $185,000

About The Position

Project Kuiper 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. In this role, you'll join Kuiper's Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Kuiper production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor alongside Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard, have fun, and make history! This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Strong fundamentals in engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, modal, frequency response, random vibration, sine and acoustic analyses/tests)
• Experience with fatigue and fracture analyses
• Knowledge of or experience with spacecraft technology and related primary, secondary and tertiary structures
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Strong understanding or Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Strong understanding of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (drawing interpretation)
• Experience with Siemens Products (Teamcenter, NX, NX Nastran)

Responsibilities

• This position will work 2nd shift, 4:00pm-2:00am, 4 days a week (either front half Sunday-Wednesday or back half Wednesday-Saturday)
• Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Kuiper operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations
• Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions
• Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports
• Develop analysis methods to address common structural non-conformances
• Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses
• Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers

Benefits

• Base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees