Amazon Mechanical Engineer – Launch Support Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

788247780

We're looking for an outstanding Structural/Mechanical Engineer with a background in mechanical designs and electro-mechanical systems integration. The ideal candidate has experience making major optimization trades for complex system architectures. This is a hands-on role for a highly collaborative individual that combines superb technical and analytical capabilities to convert analytic trade studies to a qualified physical vehicle, while optimizing for high volume production and meeting cross discipline requirements.Key job responsibilities
• Engineering support for launch vehicle and dispenser interface management; launch systems integration; mission management. Interface with launch vehicle providers and internal stakeholders delivering satellites to the launch site.
• Engineering review and oversight of final integration line, shipping, storage, and launch operations to ensure all operations are completed in a manner safe for integrated Kuiper hardware
• Perform mechanical design and layout trade studies for satellite primary structure contributing to overall system architecture including inputs and requirements from cross discipline teams - Electrical, RF, Thermal, Dynamics, Mechanisms, Materials, Manufacturing, Assembly, and Test.
• Generate detailed designs via CAD systems and engineering drawings with appropriate geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Documentation and presentation of materials for technical design reviews
• Design and support test campaigns, both development and qualification/acceptance, for space hardware
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A day in the life
You will provide engineering support at the integrated satellite level. Your customers include a wide variety of cross functional disciplines, from those responsible for the sub-assemblies that make up the integrated satellite, to integration and finally launch.

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Astronautical Engineering or related field
- 4+ years of experience including significant time designing electro-mechanical systems.
- 2+ years of experience with structural materials and processes including metals, composites, bonded and bolted joints.
- 2+ years of experience in structural sizing including classical methods (hand calculations) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of primary and secondary structures.

- CAD expertise (Siemens NX or equivalent, NX Teamcenter, GD&T per ASME y14.5)
- Finite element analysis skills – (FEMAP/NASTRAN or equivalent)
- Experience supporting development and qualification test campaigns of space/flight hardware
- Experience with common spacecraft subsystems: Power Systems (Solar Arrays, Batteries), Electric propulsion system integration, Secondary structures, Avionics assemblies, harnessing, ADCS elements and placement implications, Payload subsystems integration, Deployables, Release mechanisms, Moving mechanical assemblies, Thermal control systems and sizing (materials, finishes, MLI, HPAs, radiators), LV Interfaces.
- 3+ years of experience and knowledge/skill in automotive, industrial equipment or materials handling technologies, or other automated volume production systems.