Sr Production Quality Engineer, 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 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.


The Kuiper Payload Processing Quality team is driven to develop a Kuiper Quality System that is capable of scaling aerospace quality to volume and cost levels to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements processes and systems used across the business.

Key job responsibilities
Provide production quality engineering support for non-conformance MRB Management activities.

Led the RCA for complex assembly failures to production floor and work with Manufacturing design and supplier quality team for process improvement.

Lead quality containment and perform the inspection for high severity quality inspection for containment.

Lead the complex Optical assembly test failure investigation by engaging the design and manufacturing team.

Identified the critical optical test parameter and utilized the SPC tool to work proactively to understand the product and process variations.

Develop and lead Kuiper Quality management activities including process definition and validation for assembly and test methods part and process qualification receiving inspection plans in-process inspection capabilities and process monitoring capabilities.

Lead Material Review Board discussions in Amazons Finished Satellite Payload Processing facility determining product dispositions for nonconforming material.

Lead the development and launch of multiple aspects of the Quality Management System across Project Kuiper.

Dive deep into root cause corrective action activities for the production processes immediately before

Project Kuiper satellites are loaded in the launch vehicle.

Work directly with Receiving Inspection Supplier Quality and Engineering teams to develop and qualify inspection monitoring and verification methods for the Kuiper Production System.

Be a subject matter expert in launch vehicle payload processing quality assurance for the Kuiper Production System.

A day in the life
- Perform daily defect resolution as the Quality member.
- Investigates Production System issues to reduce defect rates and drive root cause corrective actions
- Implements the Kuiper Quality System through process development and launch mechanisms.
- Partners with cross-functional groups to develop and qualify internal production processes including Quality Assurance processes
- Conduct rigorous Continuous Improvement activities to prevent recurrence of non-conformances during assembly.
- Perform audit activities to ensure compliance to QMS requirements.
- Develop and modify process flow diagrams PFMEAs control plans MSAs and other APQP artifacts to support continued high quality production.
- Working within an AS9100 (or similar) certified quality system

About the team
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

At Amazon our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there we need exceptionally talented bright and driven people. Were dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related field
- 5 years experience in developing functional specifications design verification plans and functional test procedures

- Masters degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- 5 year of experience in RCA Root cause analysis such as 8D A3 RED X Problem Solving
- 5 Year experience is writing procedure for Quality Management System.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $213600/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.