Sr. Manufacturing Technical Manager, AME (Advanced Manufacturing Engineering)

Amazon Lab126•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced innovative devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical. Key job responsibilities As a Senior Manufacturing Technical Manager, you will be responsible for bringing new products from engineering to manufacturing. You will be managing high complexity programs of large scale, from prototype through PVT. This is an individual contributor role. You will be a key member of the development team and will be the main interface between the hardware and software engineering teams with local and international operations teams within Amazon and our OEM teams. 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. A day in the life The Senior Manufacturing Technical Manager will: - Lead team of Manufacturing test, design and OEM engineers to introduce new products from engineering to production - Work to strategically influence multiple core and product teams and functions. Focuses efforts to improve FATP processes across product categories. - Work Independently on complex problems; advises and provides leadership to other MTMs. - Works with established and/or un-established CMs, manufacturing processes, teams, and/or product requirements. - Work with OEM’s New Product Operations teams to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM and DFT principles - Work within Operations, Hardware and Software engineering departments to implement and optimize manufacturing 1st pass yields and efficiency from prototype through PVT - Work with the design engineering to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles - Ensure technical readiness for product ramp and serve as technical lead/advisor to new product ops managers - Develop and drive best practices across organization. - Develop production strategy, implement and optimize processes at OEM; including identification, specification, design and qualification of fixtures, test equipment and diagnostic software - Develop, review and execute equipment requirement plans to support new product manufacturing and test - Develop manufacturing process at the ODM, including defining fixture requirements, critical dimensions on parts and critical requirements in assembling - Investigate and introduce new manufacturing technology and methodology to enhance product quality and production efficiency - Drive all factory-related operational issues related to SMT and final assembly processes during pre-production builds; ensure effective closure to enable operational success of the new product introduction cycle, and put products into mass production - Bridge the gap from OEM to Amazon by supporting development builds and production About the team We disrupt manufacturing with latest technological solutions while digitizing assembly and now we are taking it to the next level.

Requirements

6+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
3+ years of software development experience
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Responsibilities

Lead team of Manufacturing test, design and OEM engineers to introduce new products from engineering to production
Work to strategically influence multiple core and product teams and functions. Focuses efforts to improve FATP processes across product categories.
Work Independently on complex problems; advises and provides leadership to other MTMs.
Works with established and/or un-established CMs, manufacturing processes, teams, and/or product requirements.
Work with OEM’s New Product Operations teams to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM and DFT principles
Work within Operations, Hardware and Software engineering departments to implement and optimize manufacturing 1st pass yields and efficiency from prototype through PVT
Work with the design engineering to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles
Ensure technical readiness for product ramp and serve as technical lead/advisor to new product ops managers
Develop and drive best practices across organization.
Develop production strategy, implement and optimize processes at OEM; including identification, specification, design and qualification of fixtures, test equipment and diagnostic software
Develop, review and execute equipment requirement plans to support new product manufacturing and test
Develop manufacturing process at the ODM, including defining fixture requirements, critical dimensions on parts and critical requirements in assembling
Investigate and introduce new manufacturing technology and methodology to enhance product quality and production efficiency
Drive all factory-related operational issues related to SMT and final assembly processes during pre-production builds; ensure effective closure to enable operational success of the new product introduction cycle, and put products into mass production
Bridge the gap from OEM to Amazon by supporting development builds and production

Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market.
Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
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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