Manufacturing Engineer, Project Kuiper
Manufacturing Engineer, Project Kuiper
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29-07-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 105600 - 185000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
29-07-2025
Job Description
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 individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
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 is a broad scoped position providing manufacturing engineering ownership of multiple mechanisms and assemblies for the project Kuiper satellite program. You will be supporting new satellite mechanisms early in the design phase providing critical design for manufacturability input and supporting testing of these assemblies while developing and implementing the plan to move from design/test into build/production.
Key job responsibilities
- Design space hardware production processes and production lines
- Experience with equipment design procurement installation and qualification
- Work with supply chain partners to manage critical vendors
- Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition with minimal existing definition
- Ability to support space hardware testing including tooling design and data analysis
- Assembly Integration and Test takt time & cost optimization planning
- Design for Manufacturability review and sign off for design release
A day in the life
This role will require a thorough understanding of fabrication processes system design and mechanical system assembly and test processes. You will own test campaigns to validate manufacturing processes for robustness yield and reliability scenarios. Transitioning into a production environment you will strive to produce assemblies for the lowest possible cost and highest possible quality. This will include root causing problems that occur for the assembly to keep builds on schedule while also working on efficiency gains through tooling automation or design and process changes.
About the team
This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position and youll work 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. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
- Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering electrical engineering aerospace engineering physics material science or other related discipline or relevant experience
- 3 years of experience developing and building space mechanical assemblies (or 5 years of experience with space hardware build and development or 7 years of experience in design and manufacturing)
- 3 years of experience in development and implementation of operations control documentation processes.
- 1 years of experience planning and driving process development campaigns
- 7 years of experience in spacecraft or spacecraft hardware production environment
- Experience with mechanisms and mechanical assemblies including troubleshooting and root cause analysis of testing processing and assembly failures
- Experience with bringing up a production facility from early product design/concept and
- Cross-organizational communication comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively in both verbal and written forms.
- Successful in taking complicated build and design requirements and developing them into clear and consise build and test instructions and implementing appropriate and useful quality standards and procedures
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185000/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.
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 is a broad scoped position providing manufacturing engineering ownership of multiple mechanisms and assemblies for the project Kuiper satellite program. You will be supporting new satellite mechanisms early in the design phase providing critical design for manufacturability input and supporting testing of these assemblies while developing and implementing the plan to move from design/test into build/production.
Key job responsibilities
- Design space hardware production processes and production lines
- Experience with equipment design procurement installation and qualification
- Work with supply chain partners to manage critical vendors
- Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition with minimal existing definition
- Ability to support space hardware testing including tooling design and data analysis
- Assembly Integration and Test takt time & cost optimization planning
- Design for Manufacturability review and sign off for design release
A day in the life
This role will require a thorough understanding of fabrication processes system design and mechanical system assembly and test processes. You will own test campaigns to validate manufacturing processes for robustness yield and reliability scenarios. Transitioning into a production environment you will strive to produce assemblies for the lowest possible cost and highest possible quality. This will include root causing problems that occur for the assembly to keep builds on schedule while also working on efficiency gains through tooling automation or design and process changes.
About the team
This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position and youll work 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. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
- Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering electrical engineering aerospace engineering physics material science or other related discipline or relevant experience
- 3 years of experience developing and building space mechanical assemblies (or 5 years of experience with space hardware build and development or 7 years of experience in design and manufacturing)
- 3 years of experience in development and implementation of operations control documentation processes.
- 1 years of experience planning and driving process development campaigns
- 7 years of experience in spacecraft or spacecraft hardware production environment
- Experience with mechanisms and mechanical assemblies including troubleshooting and root cause analysis of testing processing and assembly failures
- Experience with bringing up a production facility from early product design/concept and
- Cross-organizational communication comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively in both verbal and written forms.
- Successful in taking complicated build and design requirements and developing them into clear and consise build and test instructions and implementing appropriate and useful quality standards and procedures
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185000/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.
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