Sr. Manufacturing Engineer - Quality, Hardware Engineering - Manufacturing

Description

Amazon Web Services’ Hardware Engineering team is looking for experienced professionals to help build the world’s premier cloud computing platform. We are looking for Manufacturing Engineers who are capable of operating in a fast paced, ever changing, multi‑platform international manufacturing and production environment. This role is on‑site supporting some of our most complex products, allowing you to be hands on to quickly resolve issues.

As a member of our Process Quality team, you will work closely with our ODMs, CMs, internal AWS hardware and software development teams, and with upstream component vendors to scale up manufacturing processes and ensure we can achieve our throughput and quality targets. This role requires the engineer to be a technical contact and take on full ownership of the manufacturing launch and resolution of process issues.

You will be the driver in getting production scaled up at the site and ensuring we hit our manufacturing targets.

• Scale up manufacturing on new products across a global network.
• Lead and oversee quality control processes across Contract Manufacturers (CM), Original Design Manufacturers (ODM), and component vendors.
• Deliver hands‑on technical support during new product introductions and launches.
• Investigate and resolve customer escalations through comprehensive root cause analysis.
• Manage incoming, in‑process, and outgoing quality of product and collaborate with Supplier Quality teams for RCCA at upstream suppliers.
• Drive Operational Readiness Review (ORR) and Ok2
  
  Ship for Manufacturing site readiness assessment.
• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement framework between sites.
• Support local operations by being in the factory daily and through regular domestic and international travel (up to 25%).

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Amazon Web Services (AWS) values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply.

If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

• 6+ years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or similar related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of Manufacturing Engineering work experience with server platforms or on high‑tech hardware.
• 5+ years of product development experience.

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience with the project management of technical projects.
• Solid understanding and demonstrated success with practical applications of Lean / Six Sigma tools such as Failure Mode & effects Analysis, Design of Experiments, Measurement System Analysis, Analysis of Variance, Hypothesis Testing and Process Capability.
• Six Sigma Green/Black belt, ASQ CQE/M/A certifications are highly desired.

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