Manufacturing Engineer - Space Hardware and Test, Project Kuiper

About the position

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. We're looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to lead Battery Pack production development. As the lead Manufacturing Engineer for a Line Replaceable unit at Project Kuiper, you will be directly responsible for the production process development, introduction, improvement, & maintenance of a key module on our spacecraft. You'll be the leading technical voice for a team of lab engineers, assembly/test technicians working on the product, solving challenging technical problems associated with manufacturing and delivering a battery pack for integration on a spacecraft and ultimately to space. You will serve as a key lynchpin connection design/development, factory operations, quality engineering, program management, and more as you drive the manufacturing processes, we use from initial production introduction to full rate production. You'll solve complex industrial challenges associated with balancing production velocity, exceptional quality, and cost competitive production concepts while ensuring smooth technical execution of current production operations. You'll be a key animating force in the increase in production capacity through vision & execution of capital investment for production scaling & automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain all manufacturing artifacts (MBOM, Routing, Work Order Template, Work Instructions, etc.).
• Become the subject matter expert in the build and test processes of manufacturing a battery pack.
• Serve as the catalyst to un-block and improve production processes through direct production support with non-conformances, troubleshooting, process improvement activities, and training.
• Conceptualize, design, develop, and improve production processes (assembly, integration, test processes).
• Serve as primary technical interface to development team for Battery Pack assembly and test, participating as the lead technical voice from the factory in Design Reviews, key technical escalations, and new product development activities.
• Own the capacity increase roadmap for production including defining the relevant capital equipment required for rate increase and helping to lead the design, procurement, install, and qualification of new rate enabling equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Manufacturing/Mechanical/Aerospace/Industrial/Electrical) or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ year experience with integrating, testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electronic systems.
• 2+ year experience with Computer Aided Design tools such as Solidworks or NX/Unigraphics.
• Familiarity with Low-Rate Manufacturing Environments & New Product Introduction.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices & principles.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis Techniques such as Fishbone, Fault Tree, DMAIC, or related technologies/processes.
• Technical writing experience, including work instructions, standard operating procedures and/or test plans.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience with the project management of technical projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Technical writing experience, including work instructions, standard operating procedures and/or test plans.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.