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Description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper 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.

As a Manufacturing Engineer within Project Kuiper's Environmental Test team, you will assist with environmental testing of hardware including vibration, shock, thermal, vacuum and acoustic.

You will work with the hardware designers, systems engineers and engineering analysts to construct test processes for technicians performing environmental test operations. To be successful in this role you will need to define, procure, setup, and maintain test equipment, fixtures and test support hardware. You will partner with fixture and harnessing teams to ensure component standardization across the program. You will create the foundational production system standards and processes needed to achieve rate production.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of support for environmental test equipment and processes

• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test procedures to maximize output and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to rate production

• Develop test automation, data acquisition, and data analysis software to improve test efficiency and cycle times

• Author, refine, and implement test procedures for environmental test equipment.

• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time and increase productivity

• Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence

• Enable production test autonomy by challenging requirements, simplifying work procedures, and automating actions

• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical or software problems on the fly, working with an integrated cross-functional team of manufacturing engineers, test engineers, lab technicians and maintenance teams to resolve.

• Specify, procure and set up environmental test cell layouts for the production floor.

• Define and implement solutions to optimize and automate environmental testing.

• Work with other engineers to refine test requirements and the methodologies to achieve those requirements.

• Willing to “roll up sleeves and do what needs to be done” in a small, specialized, team environment.

• Must be willing to work off shifts and weekends as required.

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

The Manufacturing Engineer will assist in both development and production of satellite manufacturing in the environmental test domain. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to help form the building blocks of creating a truly unique production system. We value data driven decision making, a comfort in dealing with ambiguous situations across multiple projects, and an ability to earn trust from various stakeholders to deliver high quality results.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with engineering and analysis teams in creating build plans for Kuiper hardware.

• Organize the various ground support equipment development initiatives across engineering and design functions.

• Support full development cycles of hardware through development, QTP (qualification test procedures), and flight hardware ATP (acceptance test procedures).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, material science or other related discipline

• Highly familiar with QTP/ATP production test methods, and automated data acquisition and collection

• Experience developing software with Python, LabVIEW, or TestStand

• 2+ years experience with electrical test equipment, data acquisition, or control software

• 2+ years of test experience with mechanical/electrical systems, PCBA's and/or embedded software

• 2+ years experience with project management of technical projects

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in component development testing within an aerospace testing environment

• 3+ years experience with Environmental Testing of ambient thermal and vacuum thermal per SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540D or MIL-STD-810G

• Experience with test instrumentation (i.e. thermocouples, accelerometers, pressure transducers, etc.)

• Experience with complex products in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.