Mechanical Designer Engineer

Amazon • Redmond, WA

12d

About The Position

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, 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.

The Mechanical Designer Engineer will be a member of the Amazon Leo
Inter-Satellite Link team, focusing on the design of the various mechanical
ground support equipment, including assembly, alignment, and testing fixturing
and tooling.

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
In this role, you will be expected to lead a variety of tasks, developing 3D and
2D mechanical design and related analysis specifically for manufacturing GSE for
payloads satellite systems in Siemens NX. The ideal candidate will have a
foundation in mechanical engineering suited for both prototype and production
level designs.
We're looking for a mechanical engineer with aerospace background, and a
demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.
You will be expected to work with a team of top-notch engineers and collaborate
with multiple other spacecraft design and integration teams. You should be
comfortable with a high degree of autonomy 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 tens of
millions of people.

A day in the life
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity
to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. As a
Mechanical Designer Engineer, your tasks would vary between fixturing and
tooling design, design reviews, building and qualifying. This is a
cross-functional role requiring constant interaction with multiple HW/SW design
teams and end-users.

Requirements

• BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with prototyping and implementation
• Experience with NX, TeamCenter
• Experience in DFM and manufacturing process development. Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators
• Experience with GD&T and tolerance analysis
• Experience with production fixturing and tooling

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
• Knowledge of Ansys Finite Element analysis tool
• 5+ years of experience with development, test, deployment of aerospace systems
• Experience with specifying/justifying margins and test sequences, and qualifying space systems
• Ability to lead interdisciplinary discussions between Hardware, Reliability, and Firmware teams to define and drive scope and clarity of work, and reach optimum system level trade-offs
• Strong time and task management skills with consistent attention to detail
• Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements.
• Use of engineering project management software such as JIRA, Confluence, or other Agile tools
• Strong communication and writing skills

Responsibilities

• developing 3D and 2D mechanical design and related analysis specifically for manufacturing GSE for payloads satellite systems in Siemens NX
• fixturing and tooling design
• design reviews
• building and qualifying

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level