Principal Manufacturing Engineer, Hardware Engineering

Amazon Web Services Hardware Engineering team is looking for experienced professionals to help build the worlds premier cloud computing platform. We are looking for Principle Manufacturing Engineers who are capable of operating in a fast paced ever changing multi-platform international manufacturing and production environment. Our Principal Manufacturing Engineers work closely with our ODMs CMs internal AWS hardware and software development teams and with upstream component vendors to monitor and improve the incoming hardware quality of AWS products both proactively in the design phase as well as monitoring reporting and investigating any early-life product failures. This role requires the engineer to be a technical contact and take on full ownership of the manufacturing launch and resolution of process issues. You will be the driver in getting production up and running understanding root cause of hardware failures and resolving gaps in our suppliers manufacturing processes. Further you will accomplish this both by directly making changes and coaching other manufacturing engineers to deliver products quickly and at a high quality level.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


Key job responsibilities
Develop and improve organizational processes to optimize the launch of new products
Manage quality at CM ODM and vendors
Provide On-Site support to new product launches
Design in quality and manufacturability on new designs of servers and racks
Root cause customer impacting issues and drive resolution



- Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing industrial mechanical or electrical engineering or other related technical degree
-Experience in electronics manufacturing inclusive of some process engineering
-Experience in product development
-Experience in lean manufacturing implementation
-Experience conceptualizing designing assembling and debugging tools and fixtures
-Experience reducing cycle time and improving labor efficiency
-Experience in supplier component management




-Diverse experience across multiple roles within the electronics manufacturing and product development environment
-Experience with SMT and PCBA
-Six Sigma black belt
-Experience with Datacenter Operations
-Experience in supply chain for electronics manufacturing


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