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NPI & Sustaining Engineering Manager, Avionics
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What they do
A Manufacturing Test Engineer supports an efficient manufacturing process by developing and executing procedures to test the efficiency of machinery within a manufacturing environment. Assesses and analyzes production test data, and suggests any corrective actions for identified deficiencies within the equipment. Sets up routine maintenance schedules and suggest new processes or upgrades to enhance overall efficiency
$109,075 / year median in Washington
+10% projected growth
Job Description
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. We are looking for an Avionics NPI & Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead the production-facing engineering function for Amazon Leo's avionics bus hardware. This team supports new product introduction and sustaining engineering across released avionics designs in production. You will lead a team of experienced engineers supporting multiple avionics LRUs and will be responsible for establishing priorities, developing technical capability, and ensuring effective engineering support for production. Key job responsibilities- Lead a team of engineers responsible for new product introduction and sustaining engineering across Amazon Leo avionics bus LRUs.
- Own the development organization's production-facing engineering support model for released avionics hardware.
- Drive successful transition of new and revised avionics hardware from development into stable production.
- Ensure rapid technical response to production hardware and test issues, including triage, containment, disposition, root-cause investigation, and corrective action.
- Establish clear ownership and operating mechanisms for MRB, production hardware troubleshooting, and acceptance test issues across the avionics bus portfolio.
- Partner with avionics design engineering to ensure recurring production issues result in appropriate design, test, documentation, or process improvements.
- Work closely with manufacturing engineering, test engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and program teams.
- Use production data including yield, failure trends, test escapes, cycle time, nonconformance trends, and recurring support demand to identify systemic improvement opportunities.
- Drive improvements to manufacturing test flows, troubleshooting methods, engineering documentation, and production support processes.
- Balance immediate production needs with longer-term improvements that reduce technical debt and improve scalability.
- Communicate production engineering health, technical risks, recurring issues, and recovery plans to engineering and program leadership.
- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience in hardware development, test, sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related engineering discipline supporting complex electronic hardware products.
- 3+ years of experience in a management, engineering leadership, or team-lead function.
- Experience supporting electronic hardware across the product lifecycle from development through production.
- Experience leading root-cause investigations and corrective actions for complex electronic hardware issues.
- Experience with PCBA-level hardware, electrical test, hardware bring-up, and troubleshooting.
- Experience working across design engineering, manufacturing, test, quality, and operations organizations.
- Experience prioritizing technical work across multiple simultaneous hardware issues or products. Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Experience leading an NPI, sustaining engineering, liaison engineering, product engineering, or similar production-facing hardware organization.
- Experience supporting avionics, spacecraft, aerospace, automotive, robotics, industrial, or other high-reliability electronic hardware.
- Experience with MRB, nonconformance disposition, failure analysis, and RCCA processes.
- Experience improving manufacturing yield, test robustness, throughput, or recurring failure rates using production data.
- Experience developing or improving manufacturing test systems and test flows.
- Experience leading hardware debug spanning electrical hardware, firmware, software, test equipment, and manufacturing processes.
- Experience introducing complex electronic hardware into production.
- Experience managing technical teams responsible for multiple products or hardware configurations simultaneously.
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