Lab Engineer - Environmental Test, Project Kuiper

at  Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

• 2+ years in a Space/Aerospace/Military/Automotive hardware testing environment
• 1+ years conducting Environmental Testing
• 1+ years of project management of technical projects
• Demonstrated ability to interpret electrical schematics and Piping and instrumentation drawings.
  Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
  Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply: We highly value the leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills developed in the military. Candidates with military backgrounds are encouraged to bring their unique perspectives and skills to help us achieve our mission.
  This role is for a highly dynamic and motivated individual that will work on with manufacturing engineers to construct instructions and processes for technicians performing test operations. To be successful in this role you will need to define, procure, setup, and maintain test fixtures and test support equipment. You will partner with fixture and harnessing teams to ensure component standardization across the program. You will create the foundational production system standards and processes needed to achieve rate production.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as a point of support for environmental test equipment and processes
• Create spacecraft hardware test procedures for technicians (standard operating procedures) and unblock issues arising during test operations
• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to rate production
• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time and increase productivity
• Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Establish production processes for 5S, FOD control, tool management, calibration procedures and visual management of production tooling and equipment
• Enable production test autonomy by challenging requirements, simplifying work procedures, and automating actions

• Serve as a point of support for environmental test equipment and processes
• Create spacecraft hardware test procedures for technicians (standard operating procedures) and unblock issues arising during test operations
• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to rate production
• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time and increase productivity
• Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Establish production processes for 5S, FOD control, tool management, calibration procedures and visual management of production tooling and equipment
• Enable production test autonomy by challenging requirements, simplifying work procedures, and automating action