Industrial Design Engineer, SSD Design Engineering

Amazon is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented engineering project leader to work on developing designing and delivering next generation world-class fulfillment delivery and transportation systems.

Sub Same Day Design team (SSD) is seeking an experienced Industrial Designer to join the Design Engineering team. Our team is supporting the rapid expansion of Rural Delivery and Sub Same Day delivery.

In this role the Design Engineer will drive process engineering building design and standardization across our Last Mile delivery network. This individual will be responsible for designing and optimizing the delivery and sortation network enabling operations processes to meet safety customer experience quality and cost goals. The candidate will have to scope all options ranging from scrappy to automated and provide data to support options. Responsibilities will include creating and maintaining optimal drawings of material handling equipment work areas and storage equipment as well as design support for future initiatives. Drawings will require a high level of detail in both plan views as well as corresponding elevation views.

A successful candidate will be able to collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high-quality cost-effective solutions in very short periods of time and simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing negotiating and communicating with internal and external business partners contractors and vendors.

Key job responsibilities
1. Work with key stakeholders on the criteria for design and expansion
2. Develop design and analytical models (excel simulation etc.) to show feasibility and operational cost of design
3. Ability to generate and implement design process with an aim to articulate operational and safety criteria in design development
4. Review design and supporting technical documents for approvals
5. Review existing designs to identify value engineering opportunities and optimization
6. Ability to easily communicate present and write technical documents/drawings
7. Project manage and communicate project with all stakeholders via project management tools (BIM)
8. Ability to train and articulate standards across cross functional teams.
8. Ability to travel 25% of the time


About the team
The Sub Same Day (SSD) Engineering Organizations mission is to increase the SSD business capabilities for wider selection and for all rural and urban customers alike. We design and launch SSD solutions through innovation to optimize network capacity adapt to evolving customer needs based on their unique conditions and integrate seamlessly with new initiatives. Through our data-driven approach and partnerships with business technology design and construction teams we build a SSD network that delights customers and drives long-term growth. If you are in the relentless pursuit of elevating the customer experience value collaboration with cross-functional teams and enjoy ambiguity to find solutions you will find our team to be quite an AMAZING place to work!

- Experience in Design/Innovation research & development manufacturing process industrial engineering or related work
- Experience in management of engineering design projects
- 3 years of design & innovation research & development work experience
- Bachelors Degree

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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