Sr. Supply Chain Engineer

Sr. Supply Chain Engineer, Amazon

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How do you get items to customers quickly, cost‑effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and we’re excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (Prime Air blog).

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Engineer who combines technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. We’re looking for people who innovate and love solving hard problems.

• Define supplier performance strategy across Prime Air programs—driving quality, cost, and delivery improvements through scalable mechanisms and structured governance.
• Influence design, sourcing, and manufacturing strategies through data‑backed should‑cost models and capability insights, shaping long‑term supply decisions.
• Lead multi‑supplier readiness and rate‑scaling initiatives, ensuring alignment to roadmap, capacity, and launch objectives across product lines.
• Govern complex technical changes and manufacturing validations, ensuring design intent, reliability, and rate readiness across multiple suppliers.
• Own cross‑functional program integration, coordinating engineering, quality, and operations deliverables to ensure synchronized ramp and readiness milestones.
• Establish global supplier health and risk frameworks, driving standardization, visibility, and accountability across the supply base.
• Drive systemic improvement programs that eliminate recurring issues and raise overall supplier maturity.
• Mentor and develop engineers and partner teams, embedding scalable mechanisms and operational rigor into daily execution.
• Act as a technical and operational leader, representing SCEO in strategic reviews and influencing Prime Air’s manufacturing and sourcing roadmap.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% with 24‑hour notice.

Each day blends Day 1 innovation with disciplined execution. You’ll shift between solving urgent supplier issues, building scalable mechanisms, and aligning hardware production across teams. One hour you’re deep in yield data or a cost model; the next, you’re on the factory floor driving readiness. This role thrives in ambiguity—turning chaos into structure, and structure into scalable systems that deliver quality, cost, and schedule at speed.

Our team thrives on collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence. We’re a group of self‑motivated leaders with deep manufacturing expertise who take on complex challenges, work together to remove obstacles, and deliver meaningful results at scale.

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
• 5+ years of electrical or mechanical engineering experience.
• Travel up to 50% domestically with short notice.
• Proven leadership in supplier relationship management, including defining and governing SLAs, performance scorecards, and escalation mechanisms across multiple suppliers or programs.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, align cross‑functional teams, and represent Supply Chain Engineering in executive and supplier forums.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy in a global environment, including leading onsite supplier engagements and executive reviews with minimal direction.

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability.
• 7+ years of experience in…