Amazon Product Development Engineer Design Engineering Services 

United States, Massachusetts 

470864682

We are seeking a talented and motivated Product Development Engineer with a proven track record of implementing best in class processes within a complex design and manufacturing environment. This role will report to the Manager of Product Development and is an integral member of the Design Engineering Services team. You will be responsible for applying design for X (DFx) principles during new product introduction (NPI) of a wide range of products from initial concept to beta. You will work to integrate customer scaling requirements for safety, manufacturability, deployability, and supportability into new product designs. Additionally, you will work cross-functionally to develop best in class DFx feedback and services; guide product lifecycle changes, lead bill of material (BOM) strategy, lead technology feasibility and improvement projects, and drive to technical root cause utilizing advanced problem solving. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in design or manufacturing and is capable of making wide-ranging business decisions on behalf of the organization.Key job responsibilities
- Actively support and foster a culture of inclusion.
- Provide design for X guidance/feedback on electromechanical designs.
- Guide best practices on manufacturing tolerances using GD&T.
- Launch prototype tooling with accelerated schedules and assess project risk.
- Leverage knowledge of multiple production processes to identify risk to programs and provide mitigation strategies.
- Analyze new products dimensional data.
- Drive internal and external DFMEA reviews.
- Solve technical problems across a broad set of design and manufacturing commodities.- Propose design changes that will enhance product manufacturability and testability.
- Evaluate and approve Design Engineering Changes Orders (DECOs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
- Analyze NPI failures to identify root cause and drive improvements through future DFx cycles.- Take ownership to identify issues/problems and drives them to completion with little oversight- Navigate projects consisting of a high level of ambiguity and provide guidance to multiple partners.
- Up to 20% travel required (domestic and international).A day in the life

- 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with prototyping and implementation
- Degree in an engineering discipline, Mechanical, Systems, Robotics, Electrical, Manufacturing or suitable experience.