Sr. Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Kuiper Quality

As a Sr. Mfg Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to own product performance for some of the most critical sub-assemblies of the satellite, delivering creative solutions to reduce defects, and planning to prevent defects using technical quality skills.

Export Control Requirement : Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead as Product QE over satellite mechanism assemblies, including process definition and validation for assembly and test methods, part and process qualification, inspection plans, in-process inspection capabilities, and process monitoring.
• Lead MRB discussions determine product dispositions for nonconforming material.
• Dive deep into defect reduction activities for the subassemblies, and drive innovative solutions to prevent recurrence of defects.
• Work directly with Inspection, Supplier Quality, and Engineering teams to develop and qualify inspection, monitoring, and verification methods for the Kuiper Production System all through the production system and ensure a no defect mentality.
• Be a Quality SME for the sub-assemblies, owning defect reduction, reporting, and overall quality performance of the subassemblies, including electromechanical hardware, high cleanliness / FOD sensitivity, tight tolerance & high precision machined parts, high criticality attributes.
• Lead and develop new and novel process mechanisms for cross functional production system teams.

A day in the life

About the team

The Kuiper Manufacturing Quality team is driven to deliver high-quality product lines while maintaining a fast production rate. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to directly own the quality outputs of some of our critical sub-systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Masters degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $213,600 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.