Manufacturing Integration Specialist, Amazon LEO

Key job responsibilities

• Validate that engineering changes align to production needs, constraints, and capabilities before release to the floor
• Ensure changes translate seamlessly into production — correct parts, correct revisions, correct work instructions
• Collaborate with Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to identify production impacts of proposed changes and flag risks early
• Review and verify BOM updates, drawing revisions, and work instruction changes for production accuracy and completeness
• Serve as the production voice in change review boards and cross-functional disposition meetings
• Design and develop custom tooling, fixtures, and jigs for precision optical alignment, fiber handling, and laser component integration
• Develop and implement poka-yoke (error-proofing) solutions to prevent recurring defects and enhance first-pass yield
• Support design for automation and scalable tooling concepts to enable high-volume production ramp-up
• Own preventive maintenance procedures, troubleshooting strategies, and reliability improvements for production tooling and fixtures
• Lead production readiness activities for new builds, product introductions, and design iterations
• Collaborate with design and process engineers to ensure manufacturability and tooling readiness
• Drive equipment specifications, procurement, installation, and qualification of semi-automated and fully automated systems
• Cross-coordinate cross-functional gate reviews and first-article inspection processes
• Act as the single-threaded production liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for equipment-related and process-related issues impacting production
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the value stream — cycle time reduction, defect elimination, process standardization
• Develop and maintain statistical process control documentation to support production excellence

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science
• 4+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
• Experience in CAD skills, including being capable of developing an integrated automation layout unassisted
• Knowledge of agile product development and life-cycle management process
• Experience participating in engineering change processes and validating production readiness of design changes
• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and design for manufacturability
• Mechanically inclined with strong shop-floor presence and hands-on problem-solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 5+ years of hardware development, test lab, space/aerospace maintenance or hands-on engineering environment experience
• Experience in quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance), or experience with process improvement, Kaizan, and Six Sigma
• Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
• Experience with automated or semi-automated assembly equipment (e.g., robotics, vision alignment systems)
• Experience with PLM/PDM systems (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill) and MES/ERP systems
• Understanding of cleanroom protocols and precision metrology
• Fixture and poka-yoke design portfolio
• Hands-on experience with optical assembly, alignment fixtures, or precision mechanical