Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon•Redmond, WA

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. Amazon Leo Quality team is driven to develop a Quality System that is capable of scaling aerospace quality to volume and cost levels to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements, processes, and systems used across the business.

Requirements

4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
Experience with prototyping and implementation
4+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
4+ years experience in semi-automated and fully automated process improvement to add error proofing to system such as Kyence, Cognex or other AI/ML Vision system
Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
4+ years of experience in performing RCA for functional test failure for PCBA or mechanical failures
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.

Responsibilities

Lead the APQP activities for new design and development and for current production design.
Drive the complex RCA for mechanical, electrical and optical failure for assembly and functional test failures.
Drive the error proofing process improvement for assembly and test racks system.
Develop and lead Leo Quality management activities, including process definition and validation for assembly and test methods, part and process qualification, receiving inspection plans, in-process inspection capabilities, and process monitoring capabilities.
Lead Material Review Board discussions in Amazon's Finished Satellite Payload Processing facility, determining product dispositions for nonconforming material.
Lead the development and launch of multiple aspects of the Quality Management System across Amazon Leo sites.
Dive deep into root cause corrective action activities for the production processes immediately before Amazon Leo satellites are loaded in the launch vehicle.
Work directly with Receiving Inspection, Supplier Quality, and Engineering teams to develop and qualify inspection, monitoring, and verification methods for the Leo Production System.
Perform daily defect resolution as the Quality member.
Investigates Production System issues to reduce defect rates and drive root cause corrective actions
Implements the Leo Quality System through process development and launch mechanisms.
Partners with cross-functional groups to develop and qualify internal production processes, including Quality Assurance processes
Conduct rigorous Continuous Improvement activities to prevent recurrence of non-conformances during assembly.
Perform audit activities to ensure compliance to QMS requirements.
Develop and modify process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, MSAs, and other APQP artifacts to support continued high quality production.
Working within an AS9100 (or similar) certified quality system

Benefits

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

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