Amazon Sr Supply Chain Engineer Amazon 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

904654565

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. You will work hard, have fun, and of course, make history!As a Senior Supply Chain Engineer within Amazon Prime Air, you will lead supplier performance and manufacturing readiness across multiple product lines. You will drive scalable mechanisms that improve quality, cost, and delivery, while influencing sourcing strategy, design decisions, and supplier capability. Partnering closely with engineering, quality, and operations, you will enable suppliers to achieve rate, yield, and reliability targets—balancing Day 1 agility with the structure needed to scale Prime Air’s hardware production globally.Key job responsibilities
- 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.- Act as a technical and operational leader, representing SCEO in strategic reviews and influencing Prime Air’s manufacturing and sourcing roadmap.A day in the life
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.

- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- 5+ years of electrical or mechanical engineering experience
- Travel up to 50% domestic travel 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 supplier management or manufacturing engineering for aerospace, automotive, robotics, or high-precision hardware.
- Expertise developing and governing should-cost models, using cost analytics to influence design strategy, sourcing decisions, and long-term negotiation frameworks.
- Deep understanding of DFM/DFA principles and advanced manufacturing quality tools (PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, process validation), with demonstrated ability to standardize and deploy them across diverse supplier networks.