PCBA Manufacturing Test Engineer, PCBA Manufacturing and Test Engineering

o:  | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

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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

• Develop test strategy, implement and optimize test setup/processes at Contract Manufacturing sites including identification, specification, design and qualification of test fixtures, test equipment and diagnostic software.
• Work with the Design and Manufacturing teams to identify and resolve manufacturing challenges by verifying compliance with DFM and DFT principles.
• Identify and report product failures to manufacturing and quality teams.
• Train operators on test processes and support recurring certification programs.
• Record, analyze, and report process metrics to predict and eliminate process failures.
• Support PCBA debug and root-cause failure analysis at Contract Manufacturing sites.
• Provide feedback to Engineering on test coverage, fault isolation capability, and PCBA failure trends for continuous improvement efforts.
• Manage configuration changes and manage configuration control throughout the process.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience in hardware lab equipment such as digital scopes, logic analyzers, and soldering tools.
• Experience in Linux/RHEL, or experience with programming/scripting (Batch, VB, Power Shell, Java, C#, Chef, Perl, Ruby and/or PHP) and experience in Ubuntu/Solaris.
• 3+ years of experience designing and building test fixtures and complex test systems including RF Functional Tests, High Power Electrical Tests, ICT/bed-of-nails fixtures.
• 3+ years of experience integrating software and hardware systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and building test fixtures and complex test systems including RF Functional Tests, High Power Electrical Tests, ICT/bed-of-nails fixtures.
• Experience with test plans and protocols related to established Space Hardware test processes (GEVS / SMC-S-016).
• Knowledge of software tools for test automation (e.g. NI LabVIEW and Test Stand, Python, etc.).
• Experience with electrical design including power supplies, FPGAs, sensors, RF, and high-speed digital interfaces.
• Ability to write detailed tester operating procedures and create deployment/capacity plans.

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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.

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USA, WA, Bellevue -  -  USD annually