Amazon Manufacturing Engineer Project Kuiper OISL 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

261018712

We're looking for a Manufacturing Test Engineer to join our Optical Head Assembly (OHA) production development team. As the Manufacturing Engineer for a Line Replaceable Unit at Project Kuiper, you will be directly responsible for the production process development, introduction, improvement, & maintenance of a key module on our next generation spacecraft, focusing on the assembly, integration, and test of electro-mechanical products. You’ll be a key technical voice on a team of manufacturing engineers working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with delivering an ultra-high-performing OISL modules to space. You will serve as a key lynchpin connection design/development, factory operations, quality engineering, program management, and more as you drive the manufacturing processes, we use from initial production introduction to full rate production.You will leverage your expertise in electro-mechanical systems manufacturing to partner with development teams on the design of future iterations of the OHA Assembly and our associated production test systems & tooling. You’ll solve complex industrial challenges associated with balancing production velocity, exceptional quality, and cost competitive production concepts while ensuring smooth technical execution of current production operations. You’ll be a key animating force in the increase in production capacity through vision & execution of capital investment for production scaling & automation.
Key job responsibilities- Own the capacity increase roadmap for production of the Coarse Pointing Assembly device, including defining the relevant capital equipment required for rate increase and helping to lead the design, procurement, install, and qualification of new rate enabling equipment.Export Control Requirement:
A day in the life

- 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with Space Flight Hardware Environmental Testing (SMC-16 or similar)

- Knowledge of SolidWorks simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools
- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume