Industrial Designer III, Prime Air Expansion

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges and provide benefits to customers Prime Air is the place for you.

How do you get items to customers quickly cost-effectively and most importantly safely in less than an hour And how do you do it in a way that can scale Our teams of hundreds of scientists engineers aerospace professionals and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers and are excited for whats to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog ( Prime Air is revolutionizing delivery through autonomous drone technology aiming to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less. Our breakthrough technologies including advanced BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) capabilities and sophisticated detect-and-avoid systems have earned FAA approvals and are setting new standards in autonomous delivery.

The Prime Air Expansion Design team is seeking an experienced Sr. Industrial Designer to join our Design Engineering team. Our team leads building design for Prime Air Drone Delivery facilities including fulfillment centers middle mile facilities and other buildings across Amazons network. We support ground-up greenfield developments as well as the retrofit of existing facilities.

This individual will own composite drawing packages construction documents and permitting processes. The role spans the full spectrum of industrial development project types including ground-up greenfield development building shell design and delivery and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing facilities. The role requires deep industrial design expertise technical precision the ability to manage complex multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters and the judgment to drive design decisions that balance operational efficiency scalability and cost effectiveness.

A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment collaborating with internal and external teams to generate high-quality cost-effective design solutions. They will work across multiple projects with varied timelines while influencing negotiating and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders contractors engineers and vendors.

- 5 years of design & innovation research & development work experience
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
- Experience with design & innovation and research & development
- Experience in management of engineering design projects
- Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel MS Project and CAD software

- 5 years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
- Masters degree in Engineering (any domain) Operations Business Administration or a related field
- Knowledge of concepts like system architecture optimization system dynamics system analysis statistical analysis reliability analysis electronic system design and decision making
- Experience with complex automated material handling equipment packaging technologies and systems and high-speed manufacturing
- Experience with design-in-safety

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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 - 125500.00 - 169800.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 132100.00 - 178800.00 USD annually