Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer , Amazon Leo
About the role
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, 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 Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) team is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of critical electronics components sourced from a global supplier base. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with excellent analytical abilities, technical skills, effective written and verbal communication, and a passion for developing a global supply base to produce high-quality, mission-critical hardware in volume manufacturing.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead supplier qualification, audits, process controls, failure analysis and continuous improvement to ensure robust, repeatable, and compliant manufacturing at all tiers of the supply chain
- Define and scale Leo's quality system to ensure early detection of process excursions, improving product reliability and wafer component yields in volume manufacturing
- Lead root-cause analysis for supplier and internal related defects including test failures and device level failures
- Oversee screening and qualification flows (burn-in, thermal cycling, solderability, SEM/EDS, x-Ray, and other advanced failure investigation and qualification techniques)
- Influence suppliers and drive performance improvements
- Own systems, tools, and business processes used to manage device traceability and key quality/test metrics
- Represent Leo Supplier Quality in cross-functional initiatives
- Travel as needed to accomplish program objectives
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design
- 5+ years of experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Background in aerospace, satellite hardware, or telecom infrastructure
- Knowledge of plating process, die/package assembly, bonding and contamination control processes both at the device and PCBA level
- AS9100D Lead Auditor Trained/Certified
- Direct experience deploying JEDEC/IPC/APQP/PPAP methodologies per AS9145 or equivalent standards
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Working knowledge of IEEE standards applicable to electrical components and interconnect
About the team
The Leo Supplier Quality team is driven to develop a vendor base capable of scaling aerospace quality to new volume and cost levels in order to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment with the opportunity to own quality for key categories and contribute to the design of requirements and systems used across the business. We value data driven decision making, a comfort with ambiguity across multiple simultaneous projects, an ability to earn the trust of our key stakeholders, and delivering results without sacrificing integrity.
Pay
- USA, CA, San Diego: $137,300.00 - $185,700.00 USD annually
- USA, CA, Sunnyvale: $157,900.00 - $213,600.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Bellevue: $137,300.00 - $185,700.00 USD annually
Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
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