Maintenance Engineer - 1st, Leo

Maintenance Engineer

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.

We're seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join our team in a strategic leadership role. As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and executing maintenance strategies that drive operational excellence across our production lines. You will lead the charge to develop, improve, review and maintain the preventative maintenance program while ensuring appropriate procedures in place to supporting spacecraft testing and builds.

Expected working hours are Mon-Fri 7am-3:30pm.

Key job responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction for maintenance programs and system reliability
• Architect and implement maintenance frameworks and standards
• Drive data-driven maintenance strategies and predictive maintenance initiatives
• Manage critical infrastructure that directly impacts business continuity
• Lead critical incident responses and root cause analyses
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, contractors, and maintenance teams to define design facility requirements for specialty equipment during initial stages of design through completion of installation
• Establish effective relationships with teams across the program
• Develop an understanding of local permit processes
• Manage critical spare parts budgets for Leo Maintenance Group as equipment is being defined, installed and operated

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.

About the team:
The Amazon Leo Maintenance Group supports the Space Simulation and Manufacturing teams by installing, commissioning, and maintaining equipment that will provide screening and testing of satellite hardware. The lab has the capability to perform testing in the R&D, Proto-Flight, Qualification and Flight test phases. This will be done utilizing equipment in the lab such as electrodynamic shakers, thermal vacuum chambers, thermal cycling chambers and other equipment to simulate the space environment while assuming responsible for assembly, integration, and test of satellite hardware and the associated equipment and facility definition required to achieve production rates.