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Supply Chain Engineer, Amazon Prime Air, Hardware Dev Engr II - Supply Chain Engineering & Operations

Amazon.com Inc
  • Seattle, WA
    9 days ago

    Job Description

    Prime Air is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Engineer who combines technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. We're looking for people who innovate and love solving hard problems. You will work hard, have fun, and of course, make history!

    As a Supply Chain Engineer within Amazon Prime Air, you will own supplier performance across quality, cost, and schedule. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our suppliers can meet production rate, scale, and quality targets while supporting new product introductions and sustaining operations.

    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.

    Key job responsibilities

    Own supplier performance across quality, cost, and schedule

    Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation (process flows, build instructions, PFMEAs, and control plans) to enable consistent and repeatable production.

    Assess and qualify supplier manufacturing capability to meet design intent, production rate, and scalability requirements through detailed process reviews and onsite audits.

    Build and own should-cost models for key components and assemblies; partner with engineering, sourcing, and finance to identify cost drivers and opportunities for value engineering.

    Lead technical program management for supplier-driven workstreams, aligning build readiness, material availability, and design milestones

    Review and approve manufacturing process changes, ensuring design compliance, risk mitigation, and smooth implementation through structured change management.

    Plan and execute supplier ramp-ups and new product introductions, coordinating technical readiness, pilot builds, and early production validation.

    Establish performance tracking mechanisms for yield, throughput, and process capability; leverage metrics to identify and close performance gaps.

    Drive root-cause and corrective action activities to resolve quality, delivery, and process issues while enabling long-term improvements.

    Collaborate cross-functionally with design engineering, sourcing, quality, and operations to align supplier strategy with product and program objectives.

    Develop and deploy scalable mechanisms to monitor, report, and continuously improve supplier manufacturing performance.

    Key job responsibilities

    #intake operational excellence, supplier management, manufacturing operations, mechanical, design

    A day in the life

    Each day blends Day 1 innovation with disciplined execution. You'll shift between solving urgent supplier issues, building scalable mechanisms, and aligning hardware production across teams. One hour you're deep in yield data or a cost model; the next, you're on the factory floor driving readiness. This role thrives in ambiguity-turning chaos into structure, and structure into scalable systems that deliver quality, cost, and schedule at speed.

    About the team

    Our team thrives on collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence. We're a group of self-motivated leaders with deep manufacturing expertise who take on complex challenges, work together to remove obstacles, and deliver meaningful results at scale.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSeattle, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://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

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Change Managementunmatched
    • Computer Engineeringunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Cost Modelingunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Device Driversunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Hardware Developmentunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Manufacturing Operations Managementunmatched
    • Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
    • Mechanical Designunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Capabilityunmatched
    • Process Flowunmatched
    • Product Programsunmatched
    • Product Supportunmatched
    • Product/Service Launchunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
    • Value Engineeringunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched

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