Manufacturing Engineer, Amazon Leo Propulsion, Amazon Leo Propulsion

About the role

Amazon 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. The team is fast‑paced, data‑driven, and works with leaders across multiple technology areas to deliver the best product for customers, holding each other to relentlessly high standards and constantly seeking ways to improve performance, quality, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot production issues in a timely manner
• Support and manage daily production operations and eliminate blockers and/or part shortages
• Work with cross‑functional teams to solve production issues
• Provide design for manufacturability feedback and drive positive continuous change to hardware
• Work with process, quality, and design engineers to continuously improve manufacturing processes
• Support the technician team by resolving obstacles and working with responsible engineers to disposition non‑conformances
• Work closely with engineering teams in specifying, building, or procuring tools and line equipment for Amazon Leo hardware builds
• Apply basic experience supporting production of space hardware through development, QTP (qualification test procedures), and flight hardware ATP (acceptance test procedures)

Requirements

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
  • Experience supporting production of space hardware through development, QTP (qualification test procedures), and flight hardware ATP (acceptance test procedures)
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent

Skills

• Troubleshooting and problem solving
• Production support and daily operations management
• Cross‑functional collaboration
• Design for manufacturability feedback
• Process, quality, and design engineering interaction
• Continuous improvement of manufacturing processes
• Specification, build, and procurement of tools and line equipment
• Familiarity with space hardware production, QTP, and ATP

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, optional supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Sign‑on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Pay

Base salary range: $117,300.00 – $160,000.00 USD annually (USA, WA, Redmond).

Schedule

Weekend Shift (Thursday–Sunday, 10 hours/day) after an on‑boarding period of weekday support.