Production Test Operations Manager, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individualhouseholds to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

As a Production Operations Manager within Project Kuiper you will report directly to the Value Stream Leader and will own the Value Streams KPI performance. You will work with supervisors technicians schedulers and production coordinators who are directly responsible for production output to deliver results. To be successful in this role you will create the foundational production system standards and processes needed to achieve rate production. Safety and product quality are paramount. As Kuipers production system scales your responsibilities will include stabilizing the work content while leading process improvement efforts to increase production output.

Key job responsibilities
- Champion Amazons Leadership Principles to drive a culture of ownership accountability teamwork and working hard while having fun.
- Create a culture of safety and quality through active engagement and leadership of the technician workforce.
- Establish great working relationships with design engineering quality EH&S and supply chain teams.
- Drive operational excellence with a combination of data analytics and Lean operations.
- Use knowledge and experience in understanding collaborating and trading complex inputs from multiple other disciplines (Electrical RF Thermal Dynamics Mechanisms Materials Tooling Assembly and Test) to guide the manufacturing team.

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 Production Test Operations Manager will lead production test rate increases in Kuipers new full rate production facility. They will lead the manufacturing engineering team in identifying production bottlenecks and implementing improvements. The successful candidate has extensive operations experience and a thorough understanding of aerospace/space hardware manufacturing processes. They will own the daily operating rhythm of the operations team creating and reporting on KPIs to the Value Stream Leader. This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position working with leaders in multiple technology areas. Youll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with and youll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products performance quality and cost. This is a leadership role for a highly collaborative individual that combines superb technical and analytical capabilities to optimize precision manufacturing procedures.

- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 5 years of experience leading tactical execution of aerospace production lines
- Demonstrated ability to work beyond functional lines to influence stakeholders and drive quantifiable improvement in manufacturing performance

- Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Experience leading manufacturing of components and assemblies for Space applications

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231400/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.