Amazon Senior Industrial Engineer Project Kuiper OISL 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

36165598

Project Kuiper is an innovative program aiming to provide low-latency, high-speed internet to underserved populations across the globe through the deployment of a constellation of over 3000 satellites to Low Earth Orbit, and we're looking for a Senior Industrial Engineer to lead factory level industrial engineering projectsAs the Senior Industrial Engineer for a Factory Team at Project Kuiper, you will be directly responsible for the analysis, solution definition, and continuous improvement, of operational & industrial mechanisms & workflows at the site. You’ll be the leading technical voice defining the layout of 90,000 sq ft factory environment, ensuring layouts are fit for future scaling as well as optimized around minimum material movement. You will serve as a key lynchpin connecting operations, engineering, and logistical functions to ensure solutions reduce waste, improve yield, and have the practical result of more reliable, cost effective, production processes. You will leverage your expertise in industrial engineering & operational research to lead data collection, analysis, and modeling activities for key site level requirements like direct labor sizing, end-to-end cycle time assessments, etc. 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 champion for lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement projects, raising the bar on the quality of manufacturing solutions presented to the operations group.
Key job responsibilities
- Conceptualize, design, develop, and lead execution on work cell layouts throughout facility.
- Specify, lead, and develop analysis, and produce modeling, associated with labor, cycle time, headcount, and capex requirements for production processes.
- Contribute to development of standard ways of working across Kuiper for industrial engineering activities.
- Be the department subject matter expert in SAP ERP & MES systems.Export Control Requirement:
A day in the life

- Advanced degree in one of the following fields: Industrial Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics OR equivalent experience- 3+ years’ experience with SAP ERP system
- Experience performing Capacity & Headcount analysis at organizational level
- Experience with both low rate/NPI & full rate manufacturing processes
- Experience with developing, planning, and deploying work cell layouts in factory environment
- Familiarity with cleanroom operations
- Experience with Statistical Process Control

- Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt
- Experience with operations research concepts like Queueing theory, Transportation theory, etc.