Amazon Sr Supplier Quality Engineer Electrical Project Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

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Key job responsibilities
• Own and lead Kuiper supplier quality management activities including requirements definition, qualification,
production process validation, receiving/source inspection, CAPA, metrics reporting, and continuous
improvement
• Guide product development teams on supplier selection, assessment, audit and development decisions
• Partner with manufacturing quality team to build a cohesive Quality System in compliance with AS9100 &
IS09001
• Scale supplier processes and quality systems to reduce defect parts-per-million (DPPM) with increasing
volumes
• Be a subject matter expert in the disciplines of PCB inspection and process control
• Lead external audit teams
• Influence supplier selections and engineering design decisions to factor sustainable quality
• Influence supplier investments to reduce risk and improve delivered quality of components
• Establish and monitor supplier mechanisms for verifying production processes remain in control
• Work with Kuiper Engineering and to manage QC inspection & test frameworks at supplier
• Analyze and improve supplier quality metrics
• Represent Kuiper Supplier Quality in cross-functional initiatives
• Travel as needed to accomplish program objectivesExport 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.A day in the life
• Participates in product development teams as owner of supplier quality system requirements
• Acts with internal customer obsession on behalf of Kuiper production by reducing defect rates and driving
root cause analysis
• Builds and enforces implementation of the Kuiper Quality System
• Serves as the face of Quality for PCB at suppliers that fabricate boards, communicating expectations and
resolving issues
• Facilitates PCB quality control as subject matter expert in
• Owns development and automation of business processes impacting quality
• Splits time between Amazon facilities and visiting PCB suppliers

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Materials Science or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of PCBA quality, manufacturing or design engineering experience
- 4+ years of experience in a supplier or manufacturing quality role in aerospace or other highly regulated industries
- 3+ years of experience working with AS9100D or IATF16949 certified quality systems

- Experience in PCB fabrication process
- Experience in IPC-600
- First Articles per AS9102
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
- AS9100D Lead Auditor Trained/Certified
- 7+ years of experience managing quality of PCB.
- IPC-A-610H, J-STD-001HS certified
- Working knowledge of IPC-6012, IPC-6013, IPC-6018
- Experience working on NADCAP accredited special processes (electronics, coating, NDT, etc.)