Senior Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer

1w1 week ago

Amazon.com

Redmond, US · Full-time · $137,300 – $185,700

About this role

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network designed to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers worldwide, from households to organizations in underserved areas. We're seeking a hands-on Senior Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer with expertise in requirements management, design for manufacturing, and hardware/software development for testing. This role focuses on optimizing for high volume production and meeting cross-discipline requirements.

The engineer will lead test system validation, software/hardware integration testing, and innovative architectures for manufacturing test lines. Responsibilities include data analysis using MATLAB, Python, or similar tools, troubleshooting yield issues, and driving system test campaigns. Daily work involves designing test setups and supporting hardware subsystems for satellite bus validation.

This position suits a highly collaborative individual working cross-functionally with design and hardware teams. You'll provide design for testability feedback, define test strategies at contract manufacturers, and develop procedures for production support. The environment emphasizes quick, effective execution in a fast-paced aerospace setting.

Growth comes through leading reviews, gate releases, and cross-functional tradeoffs impacting performance, schedule, cost, and risk. Opportunities include advancing system integration strategies for technical risk reduction and validation. Contribute to satellite production scaling with superb technical and analytical skills.

Requirements

Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
Experience with Linux/Unix
Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as refugee or granted asylum due to export control laws
Experience with distributed systems at scale
Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and stakeholders

Responsibilities

Lead development test system validation
Lead software/hardware integration testing
Lead innovative software/firmware/hardware architectures and flows for multiple manufacturing test lines
Lead review and analysis on data using tools such as MATLAB, Python, or similar
Investigate and troubleshoot yield issues during prototype and production builds
Drive and prioritize execution of system test campaigns
Design and develop software/scripting test setups and supporting hardware for various subsystem validation of the satellite bus
Define test strategy, implement and optimize test setup/processes at the CM including design and qualification of test fixtures, test equipment, and test software