Amazon Control Systems Engineer FTC EU Engineering Excellence 

United Kingdom, England, London 

48255345

This position requires customer focus, self-motivation and project management skills to lead and support large, complex cross-functional Engineering projects.This role involves pan-EU travel
Key job responsibilities
Core Responsibilities:
- Invent, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex material flow/transformation and human/machine efficiency problems throughout the Last Mile sortation processes, to generate high quality, cost-effective solutions
- Lead and coordinate design development efforts for optimal solutions for the Last Mile network through equipment specification, material flow, process design, firm engineering, ergonomics, associate experience, operational considerations and Delivery Station layout interferences- Initiate and partially lead Kaizen events
- Review and sign-off ownership for specification and design deviations and change requests on global level
- Review and sign-off of supplier or integrator solution proposals for automated and non-automated sortation solutions
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across the global AMZL Engineering Organization
- Evaluate technical and design issues and validate implications from or to standards- Present concepts, designs, program updates and roadmap to senior leadership on a frequent basis
A day in the life
Your day could include engagement with all levels of the organization and multiple stakeholder groups to drive short, mid and long term decisions that have impact on a large scale across the AMZL network. You would be working with external vendors and partners from Operations, Process Improvement, Health and Safety, Ergonomics, Finance, Procurement to design and develop standardized material handling equipment (MHE) and automation solutions (MLA) that can be deployed in AMZL Delivery Stations. You will write and update the specifications of the above technologies and support deployment from the tender phase throughout the firm engineering to validate and freeze vendor’s design till execution of Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT). Further, you will be empowered to propose and drive continuous improvements initiatives focusing on performance, quality, ergonomics, usability and reliability of all the deployed technologies. You will work at design level, benchmarking solutions from different integrators to identify design best practices.

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Technical background in relevant fields of automated or non-automated Material Handling Equipment
- Demonstrated experience in a similar project or program management role
- Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other operations engineer tools
- Experience in writing technical assessment documents on MHE equipment or automation

- MBA, MSc or Meng (Engineering, Automation, Robotics or equivalent)
- Experience in developing PLC code / machine controls
- Experiences with benchmarking technical equipment and metrics
- Experience with financial and statistical modelling
- 6-Sigma Black Belts would be a plus
- Advanced data analysis skills and experienced in using supporting tools e.g. Minitab, JMP, MS Excel, MS Access or equivalent
- Additional languages, apart from English, is a relevant plus but not a must-have for the role