Manufacturing Engineer - Space Hardware, Project Kuiper

Description

Project Kuiper 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.

We're looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to lead Battery Pack production development.

As the lead Manufacturing Engineer for a Line Replaceable unit at Project Kuiper, you will be directly responsible for the production process development, introduction, improvement, & maintenance of a key module on our spacecraft. You'll be the leading technical voice for a team of lab engineers, assembly/test technicians working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with manufacturing and delivering a battery pack for integration on a spacecraft and ultimately to space.

You will serve as a key lynchpin connection design/development, factory operations, quality engineering, program management, and more as you drive the manufacturing processes, we use from initial production introduction to full rate production.

You'll solve complex industrial challenges associated with balancing production velocity, exceptional quality, and cost competitive production concepts while ensuring smooth technical execution of current production operations. You'll be a key animating force in the increase in production capacity through vision & execution of capital investment for production scaling & automation.

Key job responsibilities

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  Develop and maintain all manufacturing artifacts (MBOM, Routing, Work Order Template, Work Instructions, etc.).

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  Become the subject matter expert in the build and test processes of manufacturing a battery pack

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  Serve as the catalyst to un-block and improve production processes through direct production support with non-conformances, troubleshooting, process improvement activities, and training.

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  Conceptualize, design, develop, and improve production processes (assembly, integration, test processes).

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  Serve as primary technical interface to development team for Battery Pack assembly and test, participating as the lead technical voice from the factory in Design Reviews, key technical escalations, and new product development activities.

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  Own the capacity increase roadmap for production including defining the relevant capital equipment required for rate increase and helping to lead the design, procurement, install, and qualification of new rate enabling equipment.

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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

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  50% - On the shop floor, working with production teams to implement new processes, review & solve key technical blockers in production, performing production development testing, etc.

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  40% - Independent development work such as identifying and implementing key production improvement actions, acting on quality escapes by developing and implementing new quality control measures, developing & executing to existing roadmaps for capacity increase, process simplification, etc.

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  10% - Meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.

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Basic Qualifications

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  Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Manufacturing/Mechanical/Aerospace/Industrial/Electrical) or related discipline, or equivalent experience

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  3+ year experience with integrating, testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electronic systems

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  3+ year experience with Computer Aided Design tools such as Solidworks or NX/Unigraphics

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  Experience with Root Cause Analysis Techniques such as Fishbone, Fault Tree, DMAIC, or related technologies/processes

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  Technical writing experience, including work instructions, standard operating procedures and/or test plans

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  Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

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Preferred Qualifications

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  Experience transitioning from development to full scale production. (Capacity Models, Line Balancing, Line Layout, Resourcing and Implementation)

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  Familiarity with Low-Rate Manufacturing Environments & New Product Introduction

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  Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices & principles

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  Experience with the project management of technical projects

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.