Manufacturing Engineer

Amazon Leo 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 individualhouseholds to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

This role is for a highly dynamic and motivated individual that will work with manufacturing engineers to construct instructions and processes for technicians performing test operations. To be successful in this role you will need to define procure setup and maintain test fixtures and test support equipment. You will partner with fixture and harnessing teams to ensure component standardization across the program. You will create the foundational production system standards and processes needed to achieve rate production.

Key job responsibilities
This position will work a 4x10 schedule possible shifts: Front Half (Sunday-Wednesday) Back Half (Wednesday-Saturday) 1st Shift (0600-1630) or 2nd Shift (1700-0330)
- Serve as a point of support for test equipment and processes
- Create spacecraft hardware test procedures for technicians (standard operating procedures) and unblock issues arising during test operations
- Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to rate production
- Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations ensure product quality reduce lead time and increase productivity
- Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in test processes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
- Establish production processes for 5S FOD control tool management calibration procedures and visual management of production tooling and equipment
- Enable production test autonomy by challenging requirements simplifying work procedures and automating actions

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.


- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience
- Experience in a consumer electronics lab environment
- Experience in a Linux or Unix environment
- Experience working on a consumer hardware or software product
- - 2 years in a Space/Aerospace/Military/Automotive hardware testing environment
- - 1 years hands-on environmental test experience vibration shock acoustic in compliance with MIL-STD-810 SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-1540.
- - 1 years of project management of technical projects
- - Demonstrated ability to interpret electrical schematics and Piping and instrumentation drawings.
- - 1 years working with Data Acquisition systems

- Experience configuring deploying and testing software updates including the ability to identify issues and escalate to development as appropriate
- Experience working with hardware and software teams for setting up testing and troubleshooting prototype devices
- - 4 years in a Space/Aerospace/Military/Automotive hardware testing environment
- - Associates degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering or equivalent
- - Previous work in one or more of the following disciplines; Structural loads and dynamics thermal or manufacturing engineering.
- - Experience running force limited vibration testing or other environmental test equipment operation experience and basic automation experiences (python or similar)
- - Understanding of data acquisition systems and instrumentation selection. Experience developing processes and tooling
- - Experience commissioning and troubleshooting test equipment. Demonstrated ability to scale production rate capability.

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 WA Kirkland - 96600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually