Sr Opto Mechanical Engineer, Amazon Leo

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical interface to development team, participating as the lead technical voice from the factory in Design Reviews, key technical escalations, and new product development activities.
• Design and analyze of optical systems, including opto-mechanical mounting. Review designs from design engineer for performance, DFM, FMEA, etc.
• Align laser and/or optical systems. Measure laser properties and optical performance to ensure product specifications are met.
• Collaborate with the optical engineering and system engineering leads with the opto-mechanical system design.
• Drive full documentation of mechanical design including BOM, drawings and procedures.

About the team

The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. The Manufacturing Engineering Team is the technical arm of this organization, with 20+ engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production. As a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you will be the technical leader of a team of 4-6 manufacturing engineers.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• 7+ years of including new product introduction (NPI) experience
• Degree in one of the following areas OR related field OR equivalent work experience: Mechanical Engineering; Optical Engineering; Physics; Optics/Optical Sciences
• Experience in design of opto-mechanical systems, familiar with optics mounting and optical alignment
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• 5+ years of experience in mechanical systems design and development using at least one standard commercial CAD software package (Solidworks, Creo, etc) including experience with GD&T, FEA and quality detail drawing documentation
• Proficient with optical design principles and ray tracing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Master's degree in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent
• Understanding of optical alignment techniques and experience with design of laser systems and alignment procedures
• Experience with design tools and fixtures to aid in alignment, fabrication, gluing, and assembly of lasers, interferometers, and optical components