Quality Manager 2nd Shift, Project Kuiper

Quality Manager

Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system 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. 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.

As Quality Manager, you will lead a team of quality professionals responsible for incoming, in-process and final quality inspections, with focus on technical quality standards and measurement systems. You will manage quality inspection operations for electronics, mechanical parts and semiconductors, implementing and maintaining inspection processes that meet IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, and GD&T (ASME Y14.5) requirements. You will be responsible for hiring, developing and coaching quality personnel while ensuring technical excellence in inspection methodologies.

Key job responsibilities :

• Lead engineers and technicians within the inspection team, prioritizing work and addressing technical escalations related to measurement systems, inspection methodologies, and quality standards
• Oversee implementation and maintenance of technical quality standards (GD&T, IPC-A-610, J-STD-001) and measurement systems, including development of inspection procedures and acceptance criteria
• Own Material Review Board (MRB) processes, including technical evaluation of non-conforming material, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean and 5S activities, measurement system analysis, and process capability improvements in the inspection areas
• Lead quality system activities including internal audits, document control, training programs, and quality metrics
• Support new product introduction and manufacturing transfer activities by establishing inspection criteria, qualifying measurement systems, and developing inspection work cells
• Partner with engineering teams to provide DFQ (Design for Quality) feedback on inspectability and manufacturing process capability, and implement advanced inspection technologies

A day in the life :

This role is a people manager and is the quality leader for Kuiper's inspection center. This role must identify and solve problems within internal fulfillment and manufacturing operations while coaching teams and developing mechanisms to consistently deliver high-quality products. You will be challenged with solving problems that have never been tackled before at scale. We guarantee that you will get to work some of the smartest people in the industry, learn a lot, have fun and have the chance to positively impact the life of millions of people.

About the team :

Kuiper Quality's mission is to ensure that our supply chain, manufacturing and launch operations build, deliver and launch high-quality satellite infrastructure that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.