Lead MFG Technician - FHN, Leo

Job  | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

One of the most ambitious missions that Amazon has undertaken to date, the Leo satellite constellation, is our solution to providing reliable internet to the entire world. We are looking for talented technicians to help full‑scale production of the Leo satellites.

The success of Amazon Leo depends on the quality, reliability, cost, manufacturability, throughput, and security of the products that you deliver. If you seek a fast‑paced, dynamic environment, thrive on solving difficult problems where resolutions have high impact, and love the challenge of building something from scratch, then this role will be an ideal next career step. To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.

• Driving and developing departmental continuous improvement initiatives and support implementation.
• Assemble mechanical and electrical satellite components, sub‑assemblies, and integration assemblies, fabricating and/or processing materials into complex manufactured products, and operating testing equipment and tooling, all in a Cleanroom and ESD control environment.
• Lead process work and review output for quality and adherence to standards and procedures.
• Lead daily team meeting facilitation, end‑of‑shift reporting, and coordinating efforts to minimize production interruptions.
• Support new‑hire training programs within your department and contribute to development and modification of training programs. You develop training plans for your team and are responsible for implementing training programs within your department.
• Drive safety standards and operations protocol while ensuring team compliance.

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.

The Lead MFG Assembly Technician will identify process improvements to improve build efficiency. You will work closely with multiple engineering teams on both early hardware development and setting the stage for later production hardware manufacturing processes. The successful candidate thrives in a fast paced, start‑up like environment and are able to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills and commitment to quality to positively impact team metrics and organization goals.

To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.

We are a group of Technicians with well over 20 years of diverse skills and experience. Each team member brings in willingness to train and positive team energy. With some tasks, you may be an individual contributor, but may also work in a group environment to achieve organizational goals. This group of Technicians thrive in success by working as a team.

We are currently in a research and development phase but moving towards a production environment.

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 4+ years relevant aerospace manufacturing experience
• 4+ years of hands‑on work experience Electro‑Mechanical Assembly, Final Integration and/or Harness Integration experience
• 4+ years experience in a fast‑paced production environment with Flight Hardware
• 4+ years of hand on experience with precision torque, measurement and inspection devices (i.e., automated and manual torque wrenches, calipers, micrometers, profilometers, optical inspection devices, multi‑meters, torque wrenches)

• 1+ years prior leadership experience, to include leading teams, projects or people
• Experience bringing teams and processes from development to production
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