Sr Process Engineer, Continuous Improvement, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

13h • Onsite

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.

This key role will be focused on improving Amazon Leo's high rate Satellite
production through continuous improvement strategies. In this role, you will be
a senior member of the team that will drive improvements in a variety of areas
such as manufacturing, testing, supply chain and/or fulfillment processes. To
deliver these complex solutions, you will partner with peers across all Amazon
Leo's teams, including hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, launch, test
etc. Candidate superpowers should include earn trust, ownership, insist on high
standards, continuous improvement, stakeholder management, innovation and
simplification. The role is based in Redmond, WA.

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.

This role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with
cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. This role requires ability
to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to
push back without being adversarial. You will act as an internal consultant
across multiple value streams, helping teams adopt data-driven decision making.

You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity
to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You
should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of
solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we
guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on
millions of people.

The Operations Command Center (OCC) team is the Amazon Leo's Production
Operations Integrated program management function that enables successful
production scaling. The vision of OCC team is to enable success of end-to-end
Amazon Leo's operations team by proactively developing systems, processes,
mechanisms, and tools that are required to detect issues, expose root cause,
validate improvements, maintain controls, and drive operational rhythms.

Requirements

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• 6+ years experience in manufacturing, test, or supply chain environment with demonstrated track record in Lean Six Sigma projects.
• Experience in high-mix, high-precision or electronics/aerospace assembly at high volumes.
• Strong problem-solver, analytical thinker, and effective communicator across both shop-floor presence and executive leadership. Able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Skilled in Python, SQL, and Power BI/Tableau for data extraction and visualization. Familiar with Minitab, JMP, or equivalent for statistical analysis. Experience pulling data from MES/ERP/test systems.
• Familiarity with AI/ML techniques applied to manufacturing (predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, process mining).
• Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software.

Responsibilities

• Driving a large continuous improvement portfolio of impactful projects
• Lead complex DMAIC or Lean Six Sigma projects from define to control phase, targeting measurable business outcomes (throughput, cost, yield, OEE).
• Quantify business impact of improvement opportunities and present data-backed recommendations to leadership.
• Partner with manufacturing and test engineers to implement process controls, design experiments, and reduce variation.
• Develop and document standard work, control plans, and process capability metrics (Cpk, OEE, FPY).
• Autonomously own deep dives to root cause a specific process or area (product engineering).
• Assess the effectiveness of all operational activities on site using specific analytical tools (eg. Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC, VSM, statistical studies, etc.) to generate proposals for waste-reduction, bottle neck reductions and corrective actions.
• Apply advanced statistical methods — regression, ANOVA, DOE, and SPC — to verify root causes and validate solutions.
• Embody Amazon's Leadership Principles to achieve operational excellence and drive transformative change
• Enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers.

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