Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager - 1st Shift, Leo

Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager - 1st Shift, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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.

The Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager will lead FIRST SHIFT assembly, integration and test flows for space hardware builds. This individual will work closely with and manage engineering and manufacturing teams to offload, health check, and propellant load Amazon Leo satellites.

The Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager is a technical leader of the team, providing guidance on many aspects including but not limited to testing requirements, assembly/integration workcell design within the payload processing facilities, facility and equipment planning, integration and test application implementation and improvement, process control, design for manufacturability, project management, and tooling design.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical setting and leads collaboration with other departments to reach the best solution to any problem and is able to technically challenge assumptions and requirements of these departments, such as dynamics and thermal analysis, design engineering, and tooling engineering.

Additionally, the Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager is expected to set objectives for the team overall, not only identifying the right long term strategies but implementing them on their assemblies and responsibilities, leading by example first and then by instruction. They'll have extensive experience in space hardware integration and test, with particular focus on satellite to dispenser and/or launch vehicle integration.

• Working with engineering teams – plan and optimize workstation layouts for Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT), to intended throughput capacities.
• Material flow planning and manufacturing process definition – spacecraft and dispenser level, assembly & test.
• Implement and continuously improve assembly, integration and test processes.
• Specify and procure various assembly equipment and systems to meet program development requirements.
• Interface with facilities personnel in site usage and integration flow.
• AIT takt time & cost optimization planning.
• Definition & implementation of Work Order and automated documentation processes.
• Payload compliance certification sign-off.
• Anomaly resolution and corrective action implementation.
• Assist in hiring personnel (engineers and technicians) related to above tasking.

The Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Manager will spend significant amounts of time collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing to offload, test satellites, and load propellant onto the satellites. They will oversee their assembly, integration and test workstation, address root cause of failures and issues, and implement production control and optimization strategies. They will be the front line lead to deliver their space hardware product value stream, implementing engineering best practices in a safe and repeatable manner, implementing efficiency improvements and reducing non-conformances.

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.

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