Propulsion Test Eng. Manager, Propulsion Production Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The Amazon Leo Propulsion Team is seeking a Test Engineer Manager to lead the
Propulsion Production Test Team. This team of engineers supports Production and
continued improvement of propulsion flight hardware and its test infrastructure.
The team is responsible for the design, build, optimization, and execution of
electric propulsion testing of all propulsion subsystems, including the Hall
effect thruster, cathode, feed system, avionics, propellant storage, and
integrated propulsion system.

Production testing is focused on characterizing and validating existing flight
designs. Test objectives include improved understanding of failure modes to
inform design improvements, production acceptance testing non-conformance
investigations, and root cause investigations of on-orbit anomalies anomalies.

This team will work closely with Propulsion’s Development Test Team, supporting
improvements and scaling of production acceptance test infrastructure and
process improvements.

Requirements

• 7+ years of new hardware products development experience
• 7+ years of engineering team management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Experience in engineering team management
• Experience in new hardware product development
• Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing)

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Power Engineering, or a related field
• Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies
• Experience developing products for large volume production
• Experience managing teams of 8+ engineers

Responsibilities

• You will work with stakeholders across the Propulsion Manufacturing and Design Teams to coordinate and support production test efforts.
• Your team will define and document test processes and implementation, including test plans & detailed procedures, test software optimization, test execution, data analysis, and test reports.
• In addition to building up the needed test infrastructure and execution of production testing, your team contributes to finding solutions to challenging technical problems by investigating root causes for hardware and test failures, and assists in the disposition of production & flight non-conformances.
• Your team leverages the growing amount of ground-test and flight data to inform determination of the severity and prevalence of observed anomalies, and formulate methods to accelerate production acceptance testing without impacting hardware screening capabilities.
• You will lead by example by developing a strong understanding of the flight hardware and its test systems as well as contribute to hiring, mentoring, and career growth of the engineers on your team, and within the Propulsion Manufacturing and Engineering organization.

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: Manager