Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers highprofile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Inc. originally creating the bestselling Kindle family of products. Since then we have produced devices like Fire tablets Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create
The Role:
The Amazon Devices Reverse Logistics (ADRL) Service Quality and Sustaining Engineering Manager is responsible for ensuring that devices returns and services provide a quality and continuously improving customer experience. RL Quality and Sustaining Engineers (QSEs) own the business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including establishing organizational goals reporting to leadership and leading crossfunctional teams focused on improvement.
The QSE will be an expert on existing sustaining RL processes and assess risk of new and unique processes for the growing devices portfolio of products. Ongoing assessment includes evaluations of operational and technical processes resulting in closed loop feedback to Amazon devices design product quality and sustaining engineering teams.
The Quality and Sustaining Engineer will be responsible for creating and owning the operational quality management tools and mechanisms for the customer returns and reverse supply chain business. This will include collaboration with the global supplier and 3rd party partner Quality and Operations leadership teams to drive datadriven decisions and performance improvement.
The successful candidate will establish quality goals and monitor performance investigate to root cause determination and validate implementation of subsequent closed loop corrective action. Working with high sense of urgency when managing critical issues the QSE will ensure that robust processes and inspection mechanisms exist to prevent new process defects as well as eliminate recurrence.
As part of sustaining operations support the QSE will support change announcement and implementation for products through the end of the product support lifecycle throughout the reverse logistics network and supplier base. The QSE will be required to evaluate conflicting priorities to deliver timely changes and protect the customer experience throughout the life of their device. As the RL facilitator for device capture and failure analysis processes across device engineering and product teams the QSE will work quickly and communicate clearly to a wide crossfunctional team.
In addition to the work done in the New Product Introduction (NPI) and Sustaining phases the Quality Engineer will enforce accountability to stakeholders and peers drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the job be able to deal with ambiguity and influence at all levels of the company.
In this role you will:
Understand customer returns and services features and processes in detail to be able to assess risk and build processes that prevent negative customer experiences due to process risks
Be an expert in operations and supplier quality management including standard quality management systems
Lead crossfunctional teams for continuous improvement initiatives and corrective actions response
Utilize your comprehensive knowledge of standards related disciplines company strategy and goals to ensure a positive customer experience
Deliver solutions to complex problems through indepth data analysis and forensics by using methodical approaches along with experience innovation and judgment to make decisions that may be based on partial information
Understand detailed implications of decisions and recommendations and be able to communicate recommended solutions to the product development team all the way up through the executive leadership of the company
Align crossfunctionally influencing a broad spectrum of stakeholders to deliver on the quality policy
Create standards around which others will operate and build consensus
Travel up to 20
BSME/BSIE/BSEE or related Engineering degree
7 years of experience in a process engineering operations engineering and/or quality role
7 years of experience with statistical tools KPI management and/or performance improvement development and monitoring
Proven track record of complex and creative problem solving and the desire to create and build new processes
Proven ability to influence others and facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to work with and influence others
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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.