Industrial Engineer, Prime Air

$105,600 - $185,000/Yr

Amazon - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

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About the position

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization. How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and-most importantly-safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what's to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog. If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you. Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team! Prime Air is seeking an experienced lead Industrial Engineer to drive scale and process standardization within our drone assembly site. In this role, you will provide technical guidance and support to the manufacturing site leader by designing a system or systems through analyzing process work flows and sequence of operations that will enable rapid growth of our production capabilities. You will improve efficiencies in production facilities and equipment layouts; and establish methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel. Your role will be to solve complex problems with simple and practical solutions by developing a deep knowledge of the Prime Air drone assembly and test processes. You will strengthen standardization by identifying gaps and developing process improvement solutions. You will create effective communication plans and provide visibility to KPIs to all impacted teams, driving overall process alignment. Export Control License: This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon's ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to hold leaders accountable to execute to business goals.
• Implement corrective actions as needed to sustain and improve process performance.
• Lead comprehensive studies and analysis across the manufacturing value stream, identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Conduct learning curve analyses to understand and predict the rate of improvement towards meeting Prime Air cost targets.
• Utilize methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen events, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to implement impactful process improvements and achieve cost savings.
• Drive drone producibility requirements and own critical artifacts for Prime Air's production system design.
• Understand and own trade-offs decisions that will impact manufacturing.
• Develop and maintain production schedules based on current and projected drone demands, anticipating production capacity constraints and risks to the long-term Prime Air Roadmap.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Engineering Development, and Manufacturing and Test teams to meet all functional and compliance requirements while maintaining Program commitments.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and effectively research and benchmark our technology against other competing technology in the industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial engineering, with a focus on automation in a lean manufacturing or warehouse environment.
• Ability to design and build systems to solve complex problems in existing or new areas.
• Ability to perform Process Capability Analysis, Time Studies, Line balancing, and application of the Heijunka principle.
• Experience in layout design in manufacturing and warehousing.
• Excellent project management skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience with CAD systems.
• Current knowledge of industrial facility technology trends, understanding which are appropriate for our facilities.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume.
• Master's degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and motivate teams.
• Strong knowledge in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other operations engineer tools. Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.

Benefits

• Full range of medical benefits
• Financial benefits including equity and sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits package