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Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
This key role will be focused on improving Amazon Leo's high rate Satellite production through continuous improvement strategies. In this role, you will be a senior member of the team that will drive improvements in a variety of areas such as manufacturing, testing, supply chain and/or fulfillment processes. To deliver these complex solutions, you will partner with peers across all Amazon Leo's teams, including hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, launch, test etc. Candidate superpowers should include earn trust, ownership, insist on high standards, continuous improvement, stakeholder management, innovation and simplification. The role is based in Redmond, WA.
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
The Sr Process Engineer for ProdOps Continuous Improvement drives high-impact performance improvements across manufacturing, test, and supply chain operations through data-driven analysis, Lean Six Sigma methodology, and digital automation. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills to enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Their responsibility includes:
- Driving a large continuous improvement portfolio of impactful projects
- Lead complex DMAIC or Lean Six Sigma projects from define to control phase, targeting measurable business outcomes (throughput, cost, yield, OEE).
- Quantify business impact of improvement opportunities and present data-backed recommendations to leadership.
- Partner with manufacturing and test engineers to implement process controls, design experiments, and reduce variation.
- Develop and document standard work, control plans, and process capability metrics (Cpk, OEE, FPY).
- Autonomously own deep dives to root cause a specific process or area (product engineering).
- Assess the effectiveness of all operational activities on site using specific analytical tools (eg. Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC, VSM, statistical studies, etc.) to generate proposals for waste-reduction, bottle neck reductions and corrective actions.
- Apply advanced statistical methods - regression, ANOVA, DOE, and SPC - to verify root causes and validate solutions.
- Embody Amazon's Leadership Principles to achieve operational excellence and drive transformative change
- Enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Mentor and develop junior engineers.
A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. This role requires ability to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to push back without being adversarial. You will act as an internal consultant across multiple value streams, helping teams adopt data-driven decision making.
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.
About the team
The Operations Command Center (OCC) team is the Amazon Leo's Production Operations Integrated program management function that enables successful production scaling. The vision of OCC team is to enable success of end-to-end Amazon Leo's operations team by proactively developing systems, processes, mechanisms, and tools that are required to detect issues, expose root cause, validate improvements, maintain controls, and drive operational rhythms.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- 6+ years experience in manufacturing, test, or supply chain environment with demonstrated track record in Lean Six Sigma projects.
- Experience in high-mix, high-precision or electronics/aerospace assembly at high volumes.
- Strong problem-solver, analytical thinker, and effective communicator across both shop-floor presence and executive leadership. Able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- Skilled in Python, SQL, and Power BI/Tableau for data extraction and visualization. Familiar with Minitab, JMP, or equivalent for statistical analysis. Experience pulling data from MES/ERP/test systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques applied to manufacturing (predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, process mining).
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software.
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, BELLEVUE - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually