Propulsion Dev Lab Manager, Project Kuiper Propulsion

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.

As a Lab Manager you will be responsible for managing lab space utilized by production/dev engineering teams for assembly building and testing of manufacturing hardware. You will support both engineering teams and lab technicians by managing equipment and supply storage tracking project progress ensuring efficient space utilization and providing guidance on lab usage.

External customers will need to schedule shop support through you to prevent scheduling conflicts. Your strong organizational skills will be essential for managing equipment build projects including tracking required equipment lab space consumables and commercial off-the-shelf hardware. You will use modern collaboration software to process incoming requests and develop strategies to optimize lab space this role you will maintain accountability for lab best practices and report directly to the Tooling Ops Manager.


Key job responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project schedules around long lead complex fabrication projects.
- Represent the interests of multiple customer teams namely the fabrication team and the equipment engineering team.
- Support Engineers focus on Just In Time principles kitting and offsite storage- effectively managing long lead orders and frequent re-prioritization.
- Closely manage space usage in the Equipment Engineering assembly area and enforce policy around maintaining a safe and effective work area.
- Maintain shop supplies and hand tool stocks both in fabrication areas as well as equipment assembly areas.
- Work with Equipment Engineers and leaders to plan larger scale projects that span multiple groups.
- Help organize material and device transfers between local Kuiper buildings
- Lead facility changes needed to support production and development changes

- 5 years of directly managing and responsible for multiple large projects experience
- Bachelors degree in any STEM field
- Experience managing configuration control requirements of hardware.
- Experience in facilities and inventory management
- Experience in both development and production manufacturing environments.
- Experience working with vacuum systems

- Experience in Lean Management Six Sigma and other operations engineer tools

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $107600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $177900/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.