Amazon Industrial Engineer Prime Air 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

935203519

Prime Air is seeking an experienced lead Industrial Engineer to drive scale and process standardization within our drone assembly site. In this role, you will provide technical guidance and support to the manufacturing site leader by designing a system or systems through analyzing process work flows and sequence of operations that will enable rapid growth of our production capabilities. You will improve efficiencies in production facilities and equipment layouts; and establish methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel.Your role will be to solve complex problems with simple and practical solutions by developing a deep knowledge of the Prime Air drone assembly and test processes. You will strengthen standardization by identifying gaps and developing process improvement solutions. You will create effective communication plans and provide visibility to KPIs to all impacted teams, driving overall process alignment.Key job responsibilities
• Develop, monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to hold leaders accountable to execute to business goals. Implement corrective actions as needed to sustain and improve process performance.
• Lead comprehensive studies and analysis across the manufacturing value stream, identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Conduct learning curve analyses to understand and predict the rate of improvement towards meeting Prime Air cost targets.
• Utilize methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen events, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to implement impactful process improvements and achieve cost savings.
• Drive drone producibility requirements and own critical artifacts for Prime Air’s production system design. Understand and own trade-offs decisions that will impact manufacturing.
• Develop and maintain production schedules based on current and projected drone demands, anticipating production capacity constraints and risks to the long-term Prime Air Roadmap.
• Works closely with Quality Assurance, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Engineering Development, and Manufacturing and Test teams to meet all functional and compliance requirements while maintaining Program commitments.
• You keep abreast of industry trends. You effectively research and benchmark our technology against other competing technology in the industry. You understand that many problems are not essentially new. You help others understand when it is appropriate to create new, versus reuse or extend existing design solutions.

- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial engineering, with a focus on automation in a lean manufacturing or warehouse environment.
- Can design and build systems to solve complex problems in existing or new areas.
- Ability to perform Process Capability Analysis, Time Studies, Line balancing, and application of the Heijunka principle.
- Experience in layout design in manufacturing and warehousing.
- Excellent project management skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams.
- Experience with CAD systems
- Current knowledge of industrial facility technology trends, understanding which are appropriate for our facilities (and which may not be).
- Expert knowledge of lean manufacturing principles

- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- Master’s degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and motivate teams.
- Strong knowledge in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other operations engineer tools. Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.