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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.Key job responsibilitiesThe Quality Inspector will operate advanced metrology equipment to ensure product conformance for highly-complex aerospace grade hardware.- Perform Receiving Inspection activity using sampling plans and metrology equipment, such as CMMs, Romer Arms, micrometers, calipers, height gages, calipers, micrometers, gages, etc..- Report nonconformances when defective material is found. - Develop and lead 5S activities around the Quality area(s) to ensure efficient working areas.- Read Inspection Plans and Work Instructions to perform quality inspections- Interpret engineering blueprints and drawings to the ASME Y14.5 standard to GD&T- Perform Critical in-process and final inspections for assembled product.- Complete First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) to the requirements of AS9102- Develop Standard Operator Procedures (SOPs) for other inspectors to follow for day-to-day tasks.- Train new inspectors on the correct usage of equipment and day to day responsibilities.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.A day in the lifeThis role will work daily to:- Execute inspection plans for a wide variety of hardware, utilizing a wide range of equipment. - Perform and complete FAIs to AS9102 and present package to engineering for sign off. - Inspect and buy off rework/repair activities- Investigate hardware for defects, and create nonconformance reports for discrepant hardware- Perform In-Process and Final inspections for assembly processes.This individual will consistently coordinate with quality, manufacturing, and engineering to understand and inspect part requirements, and report defects.About the teamThe Kuiper Manufacturing Quality team is driven to develop a Kuiper Quality System that is capable of scaling aerospace quality to volume and cost levels to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements, processes, and systems used across the business. We value data driven decision making, a comfort with dealing in ambiguous situations across multiple projects, and an ability to earn trust of various stakeholders to deliver high quality results.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of experience as a Quality Inspector in a Receiving Inspection Role.- Willing to travel to French Guiana for 10-25% of the time. ...

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of over 3,000 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.This role includes direct responsibility for program management of planning, manufacturing, integration, and test of production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software as well as some appreciation for complex applications and manufacturing systems. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action, ownership, insist on high standards, stakeholder management, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration across different organization. *** 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. ***Key job responsibilitiesAs a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will * Own the production roadmap for production value streams that delivers the end-to-end solutions necessary to source, build, test and integrate satellites. * Establish the linkage between production roadmap and annual goals & objectives, creating and owning tools and mechanisms to measure, monitor and optimize these value streams. * Drive daily execution working across supply chain, planning, fullfillment and production teams. * Represent the overall production roadmap in assessing technical trades related to innovation, speed, manufacturability, cost, stability and trust.* Translate strategic goals into actionable plans for specific projects and operations.* Understand dependencies between roadmap projects, synchronize milestones, identify constraints and dive deep where necessary to unblock and deliver the roadmap.* Create new tools and business processes that simplify, standardize and enable operational excellence across the entire production value stream.* Develop and own operational rhythms for all of production operations teams* Identify potential risks in manufacturing processes and develop mitigation strategies and recovery plans. * Execute a strategic plan that defines how teams will deliver on forward looking production plans.* Support the development and execution of Production Rate Ramp roadmaps. * Partner with business teams on scalable, standardized approaches to meet their demand and enable growth. * Drive the creation, documentation, and adoption of scalable, standardized, and highly visible processes across all supply chain, manufacturing and launch functions. * Drive executive communication cadence and deliver artifacts that provide insight into the activities, accomplishments, challenges and risks of operations to senior leadership. * Measure, analyze, improve, and control KPIs across all aspects of the operation.* Work with software and analytics teams to develop reporting tools and applications that support, operating rhythms* Analyze production data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement.* Support implementation training on new processes or improvements identified through PDCA cycles* Drive year over year optimization opportunities in all areas of operations, including manufacturing and sourcing.* Provide feedback/escalate systemic concerns to tech teams regarding approaches that are cost-inefficient or detrimental to scaling.* Advices production directors and sr. managers on technology and execution decisions. * Unblocks production teams and increases the speed of delivery. Negotiates resources and priorities across different technology stakeholders. * Create new tools and business processes that simplify, standardize and enable operational excellence across the entire production value stream.* Ensure effective communication of changes and improvements across the organization.* Perform internal audits to assess adherence to procedures, systems and standards. A day in the lifeThis role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with cross-functional production stakeholders to drive positive results. This role requires the ability to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to push back without being adversarial.This role will be supporting production of satellite operations across our facilities in Redmond, WA, Kirkland, WA, Cape Canaveral, FL, and French Guiana. A typical day for this role will be working directly with production teams and value stream owners on plan execution and check process adherence. Throughout the day, a Sr. Operations TPM for satellite manufacturing must balance strategic planning with hands-on oversight of project execution. Communication skills are crucial, as they interact with various stakeholders including customers, suppliers, and internal teams. The role requires strong leadership to motivate and coordinate teams towards achieving project goals while maintaining a focus on quality, efficiency, and adherence to timelines.Overall, the role demands strategic thinking, effective leadership, and meticulous oversight to drive satellite manufacturing projects forward successfully. This role will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.This role will require up to 50% Travel. About the teamProject Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. To deliver these complex solutions, as the Senior Technical Program Manager you will partner with peers across all Kuiper teams, including hardware, software, supply chain, manufacturing, launch, facilities, finance, compliance, and HR. This role includes direct responsibility for program management of planning, manufacturing, integration, and test of production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software as well as some appreciation for complex applications and manufacturing systems. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action, ownership, insist on high standards, stakeholder management, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration across different organization. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent- Experience and proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tools such as MS Project, SmartSheet or alternative. ...

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.The Kuiper Payload Processing Quality team is driven to develop a Kuiper Quality System that is capable of scaling aerospace quality to volume and cost levels to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements, processes, and systems used across the business. Key job responsibilities- Develop and lead Kuiper Quality management activities, including process definition and validation for assembly and test methods, part and process qualification, receiving inspection plans, in-process inspection capabilities, and process monitoring capabilities.- Lead Material Review Board discussions in Amazon's Finished Satellite Payload Processing facility, determining product dispositions for nonconforming material.- Lead the development and launch of multiple aspects of the Quality Management System across Project Kuiper.- Dive deep into root cause corrective action activities for the production processes immediately before Project Kuiper satellites are loaded in the launch vehicle.- Work directly with Receiving Inspection, Supplier Quality, and Engineering teams to develop and qualify inspection, monitoring, and verification methods for the Kuiper Production System.- Be a subject matter expert in launch vehicle payload processing quality assurance for the Kuiper Production System.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 asylumA day in the life- Perform daily defect resolution as the Quality member.- Investigates Production System issues to reduce defect rates and drive root cause corrective actions- Implements the Kuiper Quality System through process development and launch mechanisms.- Partners with cross-functional groups to develop and qualify internal production processes, including Quality Assurance processes- Conduct rigorous Continuous Improvement activities to prevent recurrence of non-conformances during assembly.- Perform audit activities to ensure compliance to QMS requirements.- Develop and modify process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, MSAs, and other APQP artifacts to support continued high quality production.- Working within an AS9100 (or similar) certified quality systemAbout the teamHere at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of experience in large product assembly quality engineering, manufacturing, or operations throughout a production lifecycle development.- Willing to travel to French Guiana for 10-25% of the time.- Ability to comply with the Government of French Guiana which mandates Yellow Fever and other immunization requirements as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.- Able to obtain and maintain a US Passport- Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background check ...

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.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.The processing technician will work as part of a team for receiving the hardware, processing satellites into the cleanroom, perform electrical test validation and battery charging, and other movements of the spacecraft through the workzone. The satellite operations consist of using with tools and equipment like overhead cranes and forklifts. The electrical test consists of operating a power supply system and requesting/reviewing data from the spacecraft. This individual with work closely with their peers and lead, engineers, and other cross-functional organizations.The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical, fast-paced, and collaborative setting; is able to follow technical work instructions; and support the team through processing operations. Key job responsibilitiesAdhere to safety requirements, standards and procedures in all work locations.Final assembly and test of the Kuiper satellites using various ground systems in a clean-room and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) controlled environment.Verify satellite health using computer-controlled equipment to command and monitor satellite telemetry.Execute work assigned individually and/or with the team to meet production schedule. Use precision calibrated tools – torque wrenches, micrometers, and calipers.Use electrical test equipment tools -- multi-meters, breakout boxes, and harnesses.Perform overhead crane lift operations and use pallet jacks and forklifts for hardware movement.Perform work according to engineering drawings and technical work instructions.Check and inspect work after completion to ensure engineering and quality standards are met per the drawing and work instruction requirements.Collaborate with leads, peers, and engineers to improve processes and activities.Perform other duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient, safe and effective work environment.Able to obtain and maintain licenses, and/or certifications as required by job responsibilities (i.e. forklift, crane, electrical).Mentor new and junior team members, as needed.Willing to work overtime and weekends as required.Shift schedule is nominally 5 days/week, 8 hours/day but may vary depending on production/launch schedules.Must be willing and able to perform extended travel up to 25% annually, either domestically or internationally as business needs demand.A day in the lifeThe processing technician will meet with their team leads to understand objectives for the day. They will be processing satellites with mechanical and electrical ground support equipment per work instructions provided by engineering. They will document completed work and report non-conformances to their leads and engineering as they occur. Periodically, they will perform maintenance on the ground and facility systems supporting satellite movements. They will be expected to cross train with all other launch operations work areas, including mechanical areas, to support work surges and travel to other launch sites.About the teamHere at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences.At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.BASIC QUALIFICATIONSBasic qualifications :• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.• 3+ years in spaceflight hardware testing and assembly.• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.• Able to obtain and maintain a US Passport & must meet customs entry requirements to include but not limited to: Yellow Fever vaccine and other immunization requirements as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.• Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background check. ...

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.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.Candidates must be 18 years or older with the ability to understand and adhere to all job requirements and safety guidelines.Key job responsibilities- Can apply a deep understanding of a broad range of tools, equipment, and handling machinery to accomplish your daily tasks effectively and efficiently - Upholds all safety requirements in all zones and work locations of responsibility- Assists in the development of new and junior team members and adheres to standards and procedures- Independently execute and prioritize work to meet production schedules- Integration and test of the Kuiper satellite and various complex sub-assemblies in a clean-room and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) controlled environment- Rigging and critical lifts of bulky, sensitive flight hardware - Able to obtain and maintain licenses, operator permits, and/or certifications as required- Use precision calibrated tools – torque wrenches, multi-meters, optical inspection devices, micrometers and calipers- Read and interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation- Perform work according to procedures, specifications, and test instructions- Run functional and environmental testing on units, including some basic troubleshooting operations- Check and inspect your work after completion to ensure engineering and quality standards are met per the drawing and work instruction requirements- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to develop and document activities, including continuous improvement opportunities- Perform other duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient, safe and effective work environment- Willing to work overtime and weekends as required- Shift schedule will vary, depending on production/launch schedules- Must be willing and able to perform extended travel up to 25% annually, either domestically or internationally as business needs demandA day in the lifeThe Processing Technician will complete tasks according to work instructions and manufacturing engineering direction, ensuring work is completed to high quality during flight hardware operations and integration processes. This position requires skill and experience in a variety of areas, including mechanical assembly, rigging, high-pressure gas handling (propellant loading), electrical test rack connections/checkouts, and satellite/ground system troubleshooting. In short, you will be responsible for a majority of the most critical tasks to process & integrate the Kuiper satellite for launch, ensuring high quality, workmanship, and safety standards are adhered to on a daily basis.About the teamHere at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience• 1-2+ years in mechanical or electrical hardware assembly, test, and/or installation• Able to obtain and maintain a US Passport & must meet customs entry requirements to include but not limited to: Yellow Fever vaccine and other immunization requirements as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention• Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background checks ...