Component Engineer, Project Kuiper
Amazon
Component Engineer
As a Component Engineer at Project Kuiper, you will be responsible for supporting the Component Engineering team by managing Kuiper's approved component library and developing component engineering processes and mechanisms. You will work with Senior Component Engineers to solve technical problems involving electrical component research, component qualification, and component obsolescence. Your role will play a critical part in the success of current and next generation Kuiper satellites.
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:
- Providing technical guidance and support to engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing as a subject matter expert
- Creating / reviewing / improving / maintaining our Component Engineering methods, processes and procedures
- Reviewing electrical component requests to ensure they meet requirements; supporting electrical component lifecycle management
- Researching alternative components to continually improve satellite designs
- Conducting and reviewing component research on equivalent components to expand our component library
- Performing BOM scrubs and reviewing electrical hardware schematics and layout
- Managing component failure analysis and corrective actions with suppliers