Job Description
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! 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!
Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/drone
Amazon Prime Air (PA) has been rapidly expanding this year both nationally and establishing our first international site.
We are seeking a Hardware Development Engineer III to join our Test and Infrastructure team within Amazon Prime Air. This role involves design, development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Drone End of Line Test (EOLT) systems for the MK30 drone program at Amazon Prime Air.
You will serve as the technical lead for EOLT hardware and acceptance test procedures for drone manufacturing ensuring that every drone coming off the production line passes rigorous functional verification before entering service. This role bridges manufacturing engineering, test systems design, and developing new systems for scaled production needs.
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead Drone End of Line Test Systems design and development.
- Drive Acceptance Test Procedure Development & Documentation
- Hardware Integration & Troubleshooting
- Cross-Functional Collaboration with production, drone systems/subsystems and drone and test system software teams.
- Respond to manufacturing floor escalations (drone test failures, hardware anomalies.
- Contribute to design reviews, providing constructive technical feedback to teammates and cross-functional partners.
- Identify risks and defects early in the design phase and proactively propose solutions that balance performance, cost, and schedule.
- Improve team processes, tools, and methodologies; develop automation that aid Drone manufacturing and testing.
A day in the life
A day in life revolves around driving design updates on existing test systems, coming up with automation ideas to support scaled production, working with production team to identify issues/bottlenecks including coordination meetings, triaging any drone test failures, presenting required test procedure changes at the Technical Review Board and mentoring other junior engineers.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Acceptance Testingunmatched
- Aerospace Engineeringunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Blogunmatched
- Bridge Buildingunmatched
- Civil Engineeringunmatched
- Computer Engineeringunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Functional Testingunmatched
- Hardware Developmentunmatched
- Hardware Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Plan Meetingsunmatched
- Procedure Developmentunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Production Supportunmatched
- Production Systemsunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Test Designunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)unmatched
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