Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer , Amazon Leo

Amazon • San Diego, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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. The Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of critical electronics components sources from a global supplier base. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with excellent analytical abilities, technical skills, effective written and verbal communication, and most importantly, a passion for developing a global supply base to produce high-quality, mission-critical hardware in volume production.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design
• 5+ years of experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Background in aerospace, satellite hardware, or telecom infrastructure.
• Knowledge of plating process, die/package assembly, bonding and contamination control processes both at the device and PCBA Level.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Working knowledge of IEEE standards applicable to electrical components and interconnect

Responsibilities

• The SQE leads supplier qualification, audits, process controls, failure analysis and continuous improvement to ensure robust, repeatable, and complaint manufacturing at all ties of the supply chain
• Define and scale Leo’s quality system to ensure early detection of process excursions improving product reliability and wafer component yields in volume manufacturing
• Lead root-cause analysis for supplier and internal related defects including test failures, device level failures. Oversee screening and qualification flows (burn-in, thermal cycling, solderability, SEM/EDS, x-Ray, and other advance failure investigation and qualification techniques
• Ability to influence suppliers and drive performance improvements
• Own systems, tools, and business processes used to manage device traceability and key quality/test metrics
• Represent Leo Supplier Quality in cross-functional initiatives
• Travel as needed to accomplish program objectives
• AS9100D Lead Auditor Trained/Certified
• Direct experience deploying JEDEC/IPC/APQP/PPAP methodologies per AS9145 or equivalent standards
• Collaborates with product development teams as owner of Component quality system requirements
• Acts with internal customer obsession on behalf of Leo Production by improving reliability, reducing defect rates and driving failure analysis
• Serves as the face of Quality for and component suppliers communicating expectations and resolving issues
• Facilitates Component quality as subject matter expert in supplier qualification, device traceability and statistical process control
• Leads resolution of quality events utilizing structured failure analysis tools

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: Senior