Sr Propulsion Mfg Engineer, Project Kuiper Propulsion

Project Kuiper Manufacturing Engineer

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. 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

• Troubleshoot production issues in a timely manner
• Support and manage daily production operations and eliminate blockers and/or part shortages
• Work with cross functional teams to solve production issues
• Provide design for manufacturability feedback and drive positive continuous change to hardware
• Work with process, quality, and design engineers to continuously improve manufacturing processes

A Day In The Life

As a manufacturing engineer this person will be supporting the technician team by resolving any obstacles and working with responsible engineers to disposition non-conformances. This individual will work closely with engineering teams in specifying and building or procuring tools and line equipment for Kuiper hardware builds. The successful candidate has some basic experience in supporting production of space hardware through development, QTP (qualification test procedures), and flight hardware ATP (acceptance test procedures).

About The Team

We are a fast-paced, data-driven team, and work 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 excited about the technical challenges, which motivates us rather than discourages us. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.