Senior Component Engineer, Kuiper
Redmond, Washington
As a Senior Component Engineer you will see the big picture and drive reviewing / improving / maintaining our Component Engineering methods, processes and procedures, as well as training and mentoring other Kuiper Component Engineers. You will also deep dive in to technical problems, involving Electronic Component research, Component Selection and working with cross functional teams to validate AVL component candidates. You will support design challenges, manufacturing issues and look around corners to support next gen products. Your contributions will help ensure Component Engineering is a Center of Excellence at Kuiper.
Key job responsibilities
This position spans a breadth and depth of responsibilities, including but not limited to:
• Providing Technical guidance and support to Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing as a Subject Matter Expert
• Creating / reviewing / improving / maintaining our Component Engineering methods, processes and procedures
• Reviewing Electrical Component Requests to assure they meet Requirements; owning Electrical Component Lifecycle Management
• Conducting and Reviewing component research on equivalent components to expand our AVL
• Supporting release processes, ensuring end-2-end BOM Quality from CAD to Manufacturing
• Performing and reviewing BOM scrubs
• Managing Component Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions with suppliers.
Our ideal candidate is a highly autonomous thinker, both creative and process oriented, with strong communication skills, team leadership experience, and a successful track record as an experienced component engineer.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
A day in the life
Why you will love it: You will have exposure to teams and leaders across Kuiper. You will be a part of leading edge product development teams. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to drive efficiency, excellence and capabilities into our methods and tools, improving the product development experience for our design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and supply chain partners. You will have ownership and responsibility for defining and executing processes that deliver both savings and productivity for Amazon.
About the team
Why this Role Matters: Amazon is transitioning from a successful deployment of our test satellites, to a full build-out (made in our custom-built factory) of our Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of 3236 satellites. This represents an audacious challenge to all Kuiper teams, and, a fantastic opportunity for Component Engineering to play a key role in our project success. Come join us in a high profile, high impact role to help us meet this challenge!
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 15+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
- Experience working for, or closely with, an IC manufacturer; an understanding of fab processes, assembly processes, design processes, materials, and associated QA and REL issues common to Silicon ICs.
- Experience in electrical component selection, derating, contract manufacturers (PCBA)
- Experience creating qualification plans and obsolescence analyses
- Experience in component reliability, failure analysis or Destructive Physical Analysis
- Experience in collaborating with the ECAD/physical board designers.
- Experience with PLM tools, MSOffice and other desktop tools
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 20+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and component data sheets.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and assembly lines (PCB Assembly)
- In-depth experience with Product Development Processes
- Direct product development, release and support experience
- Program Management strengths including the ability to direct workstreams across QA, Reliability, Engineering stakeholders
- Attention to detail and ability to operate with minimal direction and across multiple teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $145,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $226,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Key job responsibilities
This position spans a breadth and depth of responsibilities, including but not limited to:
• Providing Technical guidance and support to Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing as a Subject Matter Expert
• Creating / reviewing / improving / maintaining our Component Engineering methods, processes and procedures
• Reviewing Electrical Component Requests to assure they meet Requirements; owning Electrical Component Lifecycle Management
• Conducting and Reviewing component research on equivalent components to expand our AVL
• Supporting release processes, ensuring end-2-end BOM Quality from CAD to Manufacturing
• Performing and reviewing BOM scrubs
• Managing Component Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions with suppliers.
Our ideal candidate is a highly autonomous thinker, both creative and process oriented, with strong communication skills, team leadership experience, and a successful track record as an experienced component engineer.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
A day in the life
Why you will love it: You will have exposure to teams and leaders across Kuiper. You will be a part of leading edge product development teams. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to drive efficiency, excellence and capabilities into our methods and tools, improving the product development experience for our design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and supply chain partners. You will have ownership and responsibility for defining and executing processes that deliver both savings and productivity for Amazon.
About the team
Why this Role Matters: Amazon is transitioning from a successful deployment of our test satellites, to a full build-out (made in our custom-built factory) of our Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of 3236 satellites. This represents an audacious challenge to all Kuiper teams, and, a fantastic opportunity for Component Engineering to play a key role in our project success. Come join us in a high profile, high impact role to help us meet this challenge!
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 15+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
- Experience working for, or closely with, an IC manufacturer; an understanding of fab processes, assembly processes, design processes, materials, and associated QA and REL issues common to Silicon ICs.
- Experience in electrical component selection, derating, contract manufacturers (PCBA)
- Experience creating qualification plans and obsolescence analyses
- Experience in component reliability, failure analysis or Destructive Physical Analysis
- Experience in collaborating with the ECAD/physical board designers.
- Experience with PLM tools, MSOffice and other desktop tools
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 20+ years working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industry
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and component data sheets.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and assembly lines (PCB Assembly)
- In-depth experience with Product Development Processes
- Direct product development, release and support experience
- Program Management strengths including the ability to direct workstreams across QA, Reliability, Engineering stakeholders
- Attention to detail and ability to operate with minimal direction and across multiple teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $145,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $226,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Created: 2024-05-17
Reference: 2631510
Country: United States
State: Washington
City: Redmond
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