Amazon Process Engineer Production Continuous Improvement Project Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

772604657

This key role will be focused on increasing Kuiper Satellite production rate through continuous improvement strategies. In this role, you will be a member of the team that will drive improvements in a variety of areas such as manufacturing, testing and/or fulfillment processes. To deliver these complex solutions, you will partner with peers across all Kuiper teams, including hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, launch, test etc. Candidate superpowers should include earn trust, ownership, insist on high standards, continuous improvement, stakeholder management, innovation and simplification. The role is based in Redmond, WAKey job responsibilities
The Process Engineer for ProdOps Continuous Improvement role is key to Kuiper's ability to increase satellite production and testing rate. This role requires a talented engineer with excellent problem solving skills to enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Their responsibility includes:
- Owning several impactful projects
- Autonomously lead deep dives to root cause a specific process or area (product engineering).
- Assess the effectiveness of all operational activities on site using specific analytical tools (eg. Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC, VSM etc.) to generate proposals for waste-reduction and corrective actions.
- Enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement- Identify and own improvements through process recommendations, equipment requests, manufacturing executions system (MES) improvement, design for manufacturing, etc.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.A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. This role requires ability to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to push back without being adversarial.

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- 2+ years leading continuous improvement initiatives, managing operations, or a related role within the manufacturing, fulfillment or testing organization driving automation, LEAN/Six Sigma, 5S initiatives.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills including working knowledge of data analysis and statistics.

- Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- Experience working in the aerospace or aviation industry
- Experience in setting up or launching new industrial processes (start-up)
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software.
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
- Experience in High Volume Production
- Experience in aerospace testing processes
- High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals.