Liaison Engineer, Amazon Leo

**Note: This position will work 1st shift Wednesday-Saturday 6am - 4:30pm 4 days a week**

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve 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.

To deliver on that mission Amazon is looking for talented candidates who combine superb technical research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.

In this role youll join Leos Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Leo production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor along side Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard have fun and make history!

This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.

Key job responsibilities
- Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Leo operations: procurement storage handling manufacturing assembly testing transportation final integration launch and orbital operations
- Develop standard repairs rework procedures propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements improved processes and work instructions
- Conduct root cause investigations and develop corrective actions
- Document static dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions interpreting established structural analysis reports
- Develop analysis methods to address common non-conformances
- Work with Quality Manufacturing and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses
- Interact with internal customers external customers and suppliers

A day in the life
This Liaison/MRB Engineer will be providing engineering support to resolve engineering issues that arise during manufacturing and assembly processes quality inspection and acceptance tests through the application of engineering and design principles consulting the engineering development teams as needed.


About the team
The Liaison Engineering team is part of the Leo Structural Integrity and Analysis teams (Structural Analysis Loads and Dynamics Materials and Processes and Reliability) that is ultimately responsible for Integrity of not only the spacecraft but all other commodities supporting the program inside and outside of the Mechanical Engineering group.

- 3 years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Bachelors degree or above in engineering or equivalent
- 3 years of demonstrated experience in a Liaison Engineer / Material Review Board (MRB) role with aircraft spacecraft or launch vehicle structures

- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- Strong fundamentals in engineering fundamentals (statics dynamics modal frequency response random vibration sine and acoustic analyses/tests)
- Experience with fatigue and fracture analyses
- Knowledge of or experience with spacecraft technology and related primary secondary and tertiary structures
- Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
- Strong understanding or Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
- Strong understanding of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (drawing interpretation)
- Experience with Siemens Products (Teamcenter NX NX Nastran)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Kirkland - 117300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually