Propulsion Hardware Engineer, Prime Air Drone Fleet & Production

About the role

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization. Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team! Prime Air is seeking an experienced Battery/BMS engineer to aid the development and scaling of the Production and Field Operations of the electrical propulsion system of Prime Air Drones. This role will require you to dive deep into root cause analysis, troubleshoot in a lab environment, develop mitigations, and drive future solutions for the Battery and the operations regarding it. You will also be responsible for documenting and developing streamlined workflows to deliver corrective actions, interfacing with supply chain and external vendors, and applying this knowledge into production-level test systems to help mitigate issues on future Battery systems and Solutions.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting with hardware/software interfaces
• Root cause analysis on hardware failures across the electrical propulsion subsystem
• Providing corrective actions
• Implementing changes in production-level hardware/software
• Diving deep into Battery Cells, production, charging methods, etc.

Requirements

• 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience in 3D CAD
• Experience using common electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, etc)
• Knowledge of Battery Design, Maintenance and Charging logic
• Experience in root cause analysis and troubleshooting or problem solving
• 3+ years of experience with Battery Design, Management and Charging

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $117,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually. The Amazon package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.