Manufacturing Engineer Environmental Test, Project Kuiper

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Description
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network.

Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

As the Manufacturing Test Engineer at Project Kuiper, you will serve as primary owner for environmental test equipment (Thermal, TVAC, Vibe, Shock, or HASS), managing configurations, maintenance, and improvement projects.

Additionally, you will work on rate enablement initiatives, continuous improvement activities as well as direct floor support to ensure production is operating smoothly.

You’ll be the technical voice for a team of lab engineers, test technicians working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with environmental test and test equipment.

You’ll solve complex industrial challenges associated with balancing production velocity, exceptional quality, and cost competitive production concepts while ensuring smooth technical execution of current production operations.

You’ll be a key animating force in the increase in production capacity through vision & execution of capital investment for production scaling & automation.

Key job responsibilities
- Equipment Ownership: Serve as primary owner for environmental test equipment (Thermal, TVAC, Vibe, Shock, or HASS), managing configurations, maintenance, and improvement projects.

Provide technical leadership during troubleshooting events.

Manage relationships with 3rd party equipment vendors
- Process Development: Establish standardized test processes and work instructions that enable technicians to operate with minimal engineer supervision.
- Floor Support: Provide direct technical support to technicians during test execution, helping resolve issues in real-time.

(non-conformances, troubleshooting, process improvement activities, and training)
- Rate Improvement: Analyze data to validate the ability of test procedures to meet requirements.

Identify and lead projects that increase throughput, reduce cycle time, and improve first-pass yield
- Automation Troubleshooting: Ability to read and triage simple errors in LabView and Python code execution, understanding of control loops used in environmental test, and an ability to articulate failures to support teams for more complex issues
- Manufacturing Execution System Management: Define data artifacts in MES/ERP systems.

Develop and manage system standards for handling test execution and non-conformances.
- Training: Develop and deliver training for technicians on equipment operation and test procedures

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.

A day in the life
- 50% - On the shop floor, working with production teams to implement new processes, review & solve key technical blockers in production, performing production development testing, etc.
- 40% - Independent development work such as identifying and implementing key production improvement actions, acting on quality escapes by developing and implementing new quality control measures, developing & executing to existing roadmaps for capacity increase, process simplification, etc.
- 10% - Meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Manufacturing/Mechanical/Aerospace/Industrial/Electrical) or related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience with environmental testing equipment (vibration, thermal, vacuum)
- 3+ year experience with integrating, testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electronic systems
- 3+ year experience with Computer Aided Design tools such as Solidworks or NX/Unigraphics
- Familiarity with Low-Rate Manufacturing Environments & New Product Introduction
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices & principles
- Experience with Root Cause Analysis Techniques such as Fishbone, Fault Tree, DMAIC, or related technologies/processes
- Technical writing experience, including work instructions, standard operating procedures and/or test plans
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in test automation tools (LabView, Python)
- Technical writing experience, including work instructions, standard operating procedures and/or test plans.

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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

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This position will remain posted until filled.

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