Sr. PCB Manufacturing Eng, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast affordable broadband to a wide range of customers including consumers businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

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.

As a Sr. PCB Manufacturing Engineer for one or more Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) youll be directly responsible for bring engineering designs for complex electronic assemblies to reality. Youll work closely with the Design Engineering and Supplier Manufacturing teams to ensure new designs are optimized for manufacturing while driving improvements in yield cycle time and cost for existing hardware. Your expertise will be invaluable in bringing satellite hardware to life.

Come solve the difficult and rewarding engineering challenges in developing a highly reliable power efficient performant low-cost satellite bus and payload.

You must have the ability to dive deep on the details to identify understand and solve difficult technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to prioritize issues for whole program. You use data to drive manufacturability reliability and quality objectives in design and development teams.

*Up to 25% Travel will be required for this role

Key job responsibilities
-Partner with the Design Engineering teams to drive Design for Excellence (DFx) by providing PCB DFM feedback to identify and mitigate manufacturing challenges early in product development.

-Own the PCB Manufacturing technical roadmap ensuring the manufacturing readiness at our contract manufacturers match the design technology and requirements of the PCB designs.

-Investigate and develop new manufacturing technology and methodologies to enhance PCB quality reliability throughput and cost.

-Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds. Work within Operations Supply Chain R&D and Reliability Engineering to implement and optimize manufacturing processes and improve yields for production ramp.

-Investigate failures/defects in manufacturing test and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence as part of continuous improvement efforts.

-Identify opportunities for risk reduction and simplification of PCB manufacturing processes.

-Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability quality controls materials characterization and standardized rework practices.

-Actively monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp. Provide regular status reports of PCBs progress from design to production.

- 5 years of experience in PCB manufacturing engineering.
- Experience with driving DFx DFM DFA for NPI and mass production
- Experience in PCB fabrication processes: inner layer imaging etching lamination mechanical and laser drilling copper plating (electroless and electrolytic) outer layer patterning solder mask application surface finish (ENIG ENEPIG) electrical test impedance verification and final routing/profiling.
- Experience working independently and ensuring timely and accurate communication with contract manufacturers suppliers and 3rd party test and failure analysis partners.
- Ability to lead small teams in root-causing technical product manufacturability and process problems and drive implementation of solutions.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills enthusiasm for the teams spirit of innovation and mission of improving manufacturability quality and reliability in cutting-edge technology.

- 7 years of experience in PCB supply chain manufacturing or engineering.
- 5 years experience with industry standard DFM/DFx analysis tools Mentor/Valor preferred.
- Experience with IPC-6012 and IPC-A-600 Class 3 compliance.
- Experience with HDI PCB technologies (microvias sequential lamination blind/buried vias) controlled impedance stackup design and advanced materials (high Tg low loss RF laminates).
- Experience qualifying and managing PCB fabrication suppliers including process audits and capability assessments.
- Experience with PCB qualification and test coupon evaluation (D coupons for microsection/plating Z coupons for impedance thermal stress per IPC TM-650).
- Experience in PCB fabrication processes: inner layer imaging etching lamination drilling copper plating outer layer patterning solder mask application surface finish electrical test and routing/profiling.

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 Bellevue - 137300.00 - 185700.00 USD annually