Lead MFG Technician - Kirkland, Washington, USA
1 day ago
Job description
Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network.Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
One of the most ambitious missions that Amazon has undertaken to date, the Leo satellite constellation, is our solution to providing reliable internet to the entire world.
The success of Amazon Leo depends on the quality, reliability, cost, manufacturability, throughput, and security of the products that you deliver.
If you seek a fast-paced, dynamic environment; if you thrive on solving difficult problems where resolutions have high impact; and if you love the challenge of building something from scratch, then this role will be an ideal next career step.
To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.Key job responsibilities
- Driving and developing departmental continuous improvement initiatives and support implementation.
- Assemble mechanical and electrical satellite components, subassemblies, and integration assemblies, fabricating and/or processing materials into complex manufactured products, and operating testing equipment and tooling, all in a Cleanroom and ESD control environment.
- Lead process work and review output for quality and adherence to standards and procedures
- Lead daily team meeting facilitation, endofshift reporting, and coordinating efforts to minimize production interruptions.
- Support newhire training programs within your department and contribute to development and modification of training programs. You develop training plans for your team and are responsible for implementing training programs within your department.
- Drive safety standards and operations protocol while ensuring team compliance.
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
The Lead MFG Assembly Technician will identify process improvements to improve build efficiency.
You will work closely with multiple engineering teams on both early hardware development and setting the stage for later production hardware manufacturing processes.
The successful candidate thrives in a fast paced, start-up like environment and are able to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills and commitment to quality to positively impact team metrics and organization goals.
To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while showing the highest standards of execution.About the team
We are a group of Technicians with well over 20 years of diverse skills and experience. Each team member brings in willingness to train and positive team energy.
With some tasks, you may be an individual contributor, but may also work in a group environment to achieve organizational goals.
This group of Technicians thrive in success by working as a team. We are currently in a research and development phase but moving towards a production environment.- High school diploma or equivalent
- 4+ years relevant aerospace manufacturing experience
- 4+ years of handson work experience Electro-Mechanical Assembly, Final Integration and/ or Harness Integration experience
- 4+ years experience in a fastpaced production environment with Flight Hardware
- 4+ years of hand on experience with precision torque, measurement and inspection devices (i.e., automated and manual torque wrenches, calipers, micrometers, profilometers, optical inspection devices, multimeters, torque wrenches)
Additional Requirements:
- Willing to work all shifts, overtime and weekends as needed. Estimated shift times will be on 1st shift, from 6am to 4:30pm, Sunday to Wednesday
- Standing for long periods of time, climbing up and down ladders, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, and stretching may be required to perform the functions of this position
- Able to liftup to 25lbs. unassisted
- 1+ years prior leadership experience, to include leading teams, projects or people
- Experience bringing teams and processes from development to production
- Aircraft & Powerplant (A&P) certification/license
- Able to read, interpret and work from engineering documentation and/ or drawings
- Experience working with FOD, ESD sensitive hardware and clean room requirements
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a highpaced, challenging work environment
- Previous military service a plus
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information.
If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
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