The Propulsion Lab Engineer will be a key member of Amazon Leo's Propulsion Manufacturing team, combining deep technical expertise with strong collaborative skills. This role will lead the development and optimization of electric propulsion manufacturing infrastructure while working across engineering disciplines. The ideal candidate will drive technical solutions for manufacturing challenges, implement process controls, and maintain critical lab equipment, while effectively partnering with Design, Quality, Systems, and Test engineers to translate requirements into robust manufacturing processes. Success in this role requires both hands-on technical leadership and the ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration to achieve manufacturing excellence.
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.
- Support in the build and development of both Mfg./Test hardware and fixtures
- Define standard operation procedures (SOP's) for both Mfg./Test equipment
- Work with Responsible engineers and Mfg. engineers to diagnosis and solve issues resulting in yield and throughput improvements
- Own Test team calibration process involving (but not limited to) equipment intake, schedule, tracking, swapping of equipment while coordinating between teams to ensure minimal impact to production.
- Develop & maintain Test team tool program for development and production stations
- Collaborate with Amazon Leo facility team and support preventative maintenance for development & production test chambers
- Support with Propulsion lab organization and floor space layout
- Experience planning and maintaining lab facilities for optimal efficiency and creating new processes when necessary
- Experience in hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems
- Associates degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years working in a high-volume production environment
- 2+ years of relevant hardware manufacturing/testing experience
- 2+ years contributing to documentation and procedures
- 2+ years hands-on work experience with precision calibrated test equipment
- Experience working with vacuum and/or pressurized gas systems
- Experience with test execution software such as TestStand, LabView, and Python
- Experience with testing of production hardware designed for space environments
- Experience building up test racks and testing infrastructure
- Experience with tube fabrication and orbital tube welding (OTW)
- Experience scheduling and delivering of high impact test infrastructure scope
- Experience working with FOD, ESD sensitive hardware and clean room requirements
- 2+ years experience contributing or owning calibration and equipment tracking system
