Production Quality Manager, Amazon Leo Quality

About the role

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. This position will join the Quality team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements, processes, and systems used across the business.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development

• Supervise, coach, and develop a team of quality technicians and inspectors across teams/shifts
• Manage daily workforce allocation to ensure coverage across inspection stations
• Conduct performance reviews, set goals aligned to quality KPIs, and manage skill matrices
• Drive training and certification programs (IPC, J-STD, workmanship standards, blueprint reading, GD&T)
• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and "stop the line" authority

• Inspection & Conformance Oversight

• Ensure all inspection activities (dimensional, visual, functional) are executed per work instructions (work order templates)
• Review and approve inspection records, measurement data, and acceptance/rejection decisions
• Oversee calibration compliance for quality owned inspection tooling (CMM, micrometers, optical systems, FLIR, etc.)

• Nonconformance & Disposition Management

• Oversee NCR initiation, documentation quality, and timely dispositioning (Use As-Is, Rework, Repair, Scrap)
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) activities
• Support containment actions — quarantine, segregation, and lot traceability
• Drive root cause analysis (5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree) with technicians on recurring defects

• Process & Quality System Compliance

• Own and maintain inspection-related procedures, work instructions, and visual aids
• Support internal/external audit readiness (AS9100, customer audits, NASA requirements)
• Manage quality holds, stop-ships, and escalation protocols

• Production Support & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with manufacturing/production leadership to balance quality rigor with throughput targets
• Provide real-time quality support on the production floor — disposition decisions, interpretation of specs, workmanship calls
• Collaborate with engineering on drawing/spec clarifications, ECO (Engineering Change Order) implementation, and process changes
• Interface with supplier quality on incoming material issues
• Support new product introduction (NPI) with inspection planning and lessons learned

• Metrics, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Own quality metrics for the inspection team: escape rate, inspection cycle time, NC aging, audit findings
• Prepare and present data for daily stand-ups, WBR, and QIP (Quality Improvement Plan) reviews
• Drive Lean/Six Sigma projects to reduce inspection bottlenecks and improve defect detection
• Identify automation opportunities (automated inspection, vision systems, data collection tools)
• Implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness

• Risk Management & Escalation

• Ensure critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics receive appropriate inspection rigor
• Escalate systemic quality trends, repeat NCs, or potential escapes to quality engineering/management
• Maintain awareness of product safety, reliability, and mission-critical implications unique to satellite hardware
• Support anomaly investigations and contribute to Correction of Error (COE) processes

Qualifications

• 5+ years of people management experience
• 3+ years of quality assurance testing experience
• 3+ years of Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience
• Experience identifying and solving complex problems through data analysis