Manufacturing Engineer, Hardware Engineering - Manufacturing

Amazon • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Amazon Web Services’ Hardware Engineering team is looking for experienced professionals to help build the world’s premier cloud computing platform. We are looking for Manufacturing Engineers who are capable of operating in a fast paced, ever changing, multi-platform international manufacturing and production environment. Our Manufacturing Engineers work closely with our ODMs, CMs, internal AWS hardware and software development teams, and with upstream component vendors to design, scale up, and continuously optimize manufacturing processes using lean manufacturing concepts inclusive of DFX feedback to HW design. Additionally they improve the incoming hardware quality of AWS products by monitoring, reporting and investigating any manufacturing and early-life product failures. This role requires the engineer to be a technical contact and take on full ownership of manufacturing process issues and be a driving force in understanding root cause of hardware failures and gaps in our suppliers manufacturing processes. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. Key job responsibilities The Manufacturing Engineering team is responsible for end-to-end manufacturing of our hardware platforms, ensuring they meet quality standards across all sources. We own the processes and continuous improvement efforts to scale our design and manufacturing capabilities. Success is achieved through reduced variation at manufacturing sites, upstream defect detection, improved vetting yield, and enhanced first 90-day fleet survival rates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or similar related field
• 2+ years of Manufacturing Engineering work experience with server platforms or on high-tech hardware
• 2+ working with manufacturing suppliers to improve incoming quality of systems
• 2+ years Experience reducing cycle time and improving labor efficiency

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record of high-scale performance on teams of multiple disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals
• Ability to thrive in a startup-like environment
• Experience in lean manufacturing implementation
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing readiness
• Experience with manufacturing quality systems management and quality control methodologies
• Experience conceptualizing, designing, assembling and debugging manufacturing tooling and fixtures
• Demonstrated ability to uncover systemic issues from large datasets
• Working understanding of server subcomponents (HDD, SSD, memory, mother board, power, thermal, peripherals, etc.)
• Strong analytical, test plan, and test procedure development experience related to server compute platforms or with high-tech hardware
• Demonstrated ability to drive failure analysis activities to root cause swiftly and accurately
• Ability to influence development teams, procurement and external partners
• Experience with Surface Mount Technology and printed circuit board placement machines
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own overall manufacturing readiness, improving first pass yield (FPY) at the lowest unit cost while meeting schedule milestones for assembly and test operations across L6 (SMT), L10 (servers), and L12 (racks).
• Collaborate cross-functionally from the concept stage to anticipate and mitigate manufacturing issues with scalable solutions.
• Participate in concept design, set manufacturing requirements and KPIs for Design Partners (DPs)/Manufacturing Partners (MPs), document specifications, identify resources, and develop milestones and launch schedules with Technical Program Managers (TPMs).
• Contribute business and technical skills, create mechanisms to measure and report progress, anticipate and resolve bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and balance business needs with technical constraints.
• Drive cross-functional influence to achieve project deliverables and manufacturing KPIs, and manage manufacturing lines at DPs/MPs to meet delivery performance requirements.
• Own quality processes to validate performance on new and existing products at the lowest unit cost while meeting launch quality targets.
• Collaborate cross-functionally from the business award stage to mitigate product or platform quality issues with scalable solutions.
• Ensure lessons learned are incorporated into new platforms, and launch quality targets are documented and achieved per the project schedule.
• Ensure required test coverage and quality goals are met inside the factory and in the fleet.
• Work at the system level and collaborate with component MEs, HW lead engineers/SMEs, or sub-suppliers to resolve component issues.
• Monitor early life performance, including day 0 and first ninety-day failure rates, and drive issue resolution through cross-functional teams.

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