Worldwide Engineering & Innovations (WWEI) Design Engineering team is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented engineering project leader to lead initiative of developing and delivering next generation world-class sortation and transportation systems. This position will have an impact on both design and process design engineering for the Sub Same Day (SSD) & North American Sort Centers (NASC).
If the notion of leading engineering projects amongst the worlds brightest talent to full potential excites you; if the idea of using technologies to develop sortation and logistics systems in the multi-national juggernaut that is Amazon has your attention then keep reading.
Are you an innovative leader that wants to design the next generation of world-class sortation centers and logistics systems across the globe Do you want a high level of ownership in solving complex problems Does the challenge of designing systems that leverage ground breaking automated material handling equipment packaging technologies and robotics appeal to you If so we have the job for you!
Were looking to add a handful of high-impact engineers to our this role you will collaborate with internal and external teams to design high-quality cost-effective solutions for our sortation and distribution systems. Your projects may include green-fields brown-fields and retrofits including highly automated fulfillment centers cross-dock facilities and transportation centers. Your projects will be a variety of template-based and designed-from-scratch along with ownership of Process Designs end to end complimenting each Design.
You will work with a team of highly skilled and highly engaged engineers in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment. Our team works on hundreds of projects each year. You will be challenged; you will learn; you will work on high impact high visibility projects; you will grow.
Ability to travel 25% globally to interact with internal and external business and technical leaders.
Key job responsibilities
Lead and coordinate design and innovation efforts to develop optimal solutions for the sortation and transportation network through equipment specification material flow process design site layout and intellectual property considerations.
Collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to generate high-quality cost-effective solutions in very short periods of time.
Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing negotiating and communicating with internal and external business partners contractors and vendors.
Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects
Effective communication skills ability to execute the vision detailed roadmap and specific technical solutions to make a compelling business case with senior executives.
- 5 years of Design/Innovation research & development manufacturing process industrial engineering or related experience
- Experience in Design/Innovation research & development manufacturing process industrial engineering or related work
- Experience in management of engineering design projects
- Masters degree in Engineering (any domain) or foreign equivalent Operations Business Administration or a related field
- Knowledge of concepts like system architecture optimization system dynamics system analysis statistical analysis reliability analysis and decision making
- Experience with complex automated material handling equipment packaging technologies and systems and high-speed manufacturing
- Experience with design-in-safety
- Experience with process design based on Lean Principles
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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 TN Nashville - 94300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 99300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually