Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer - Front Line Support, Amazon Leo Mechanisms

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

This is a hands-on manufacturing engineering role providing direct production floor support for mechanical sub-assemblies on the Leo satellite program. You will be the front-line engineering presence on the production line, ensuring hardware keeps moving through the build process by rapidly troubleshooting issues, dispositioning non-conformances, and driving real-time solutions that maintain line flow and schedule adherence. You will be directly responsible for keeping the production line running by owning non-conformance resolution, driving root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions on our next-generation spacecraft hardware. You'll serve as the go-to technical authority on the floor, providing immediate engineering support to technicians and ensuring production disruptions are resolved quickly and effectively. In this role, you will also identify recurring quality escapes and implement process improvements that reduce non-conformance rates, while supporting the broader team of manufacturing engineers in sustaining a high-rate production environment.

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.

Key job responsibilities

• Investigate and disposition non-conformances to support manufacturing.
• Production equipment design, procurement, installation, and qualification
• Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition
• Ability to support space hardware testing, including tooling design and data analysis
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) principles to optimize production processes and test efficiency
• Knowledge of data logging techniques and handling large data sets from test campaigns along with proficiency in processing test results including visualizations and analysis, using scripting tools or external data analysis software
• Familiarity with test equipment error logs and troubleshooting hardware and software integration problems

A day in the life

Your responsibilities will include identifying and resolving assembly issues to keep builds on schedule, as well as driving efficiency improvements through tooling, automation, and design or process changes. You will collaborate closely with design, tooling, dynamics, thermal, test and electrical engineering teams to achieve these objectives.

• 60% non conformance disposition and production floor support and troubleshooting
• 20% independent development work analyzing production and test data to identify and implement 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.
• 20% meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.

About the team

We are a fast-paced, data-driven team working with leaders in multiple technology areas to deliver the best product for our customers. We hold each other to relentlessly high standards, and constantly look for ways to improve the product’s performance, quality and cost. We are motivated by technical challenges and want individuals who are excited for the fast pace of production.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• 4+ years of working as manufacturing engineer or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with environmental testing for space applications

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Kirkland - 117,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually