Propulsion Test Eng. Manager, Propulsion Production Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools hospitals businesses and government agencies Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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The Amazon Leo Propulsion Team is seeking a Test Engineer Manager to lead the Propulsion Production Test Team. This team of engineers supports Production and continued improvement of propulsion flight hardware and its test infrastructure. The team is responsible for the design build optimization and execution of electric propulsion testing of all propulsion subsystems including the Hall effect thruster cathode feed system avionics propellant storage and integrated propulsion system.

Production testing is focused on characterizing and validating existing flight designs. Test objectives include improved understanding of failure modes to inform design improvements production acceptance testing non-conformance investigations and root cause investigations of on-orbit anomalies anomalies.

This team will work closely with Propulsions Development Test Team supporting improvements and scaling of production acceptance test infrastructure and process improvements.

Key job responsibilities
- You will work with stakeholders across the Propulsion Manufacturing and Design Teams to coordinate and support production test efforts.
- Your team will define and document test processes and implementation including test plans & detailed procedures test software optimization test execution data analysis and test reports.
- In addition to building up the needed test infrastructure and execution of production testing your team contributes to finding solutions to challenging technical problems by investigating root causes for hardware and test failures and assists in the disposition of production & flight non-conformances.
- Your team leverages the growing amount of ground-test and flight data to inform determination of the severity and prevalence of observed anomalies and formulate methods to accelerate production acceptance testing without impacting hardware screening capabilities.
- You will lead by example by developing a strong understanding of the flight hardware and its test systems as well as contribute to hiring mentoring and career growth of the engineers on your team and within the Propulsion Manufacturing and Engineering organization.


A day in the life



- 7 years of new hardware products development experience
- 7 years of engineering team management experience
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical field
- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience in new hardware product development
- Experience in DFx (cost test manufacturing)
- Experience with the project management of technical projects

- Masters degree in Electrical Mechanical Power Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies
- Experience developing products for large volume production
- Experience managing teams of 8 engineers

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Redmond - 151000.00 - 204300.00 USD annually