Manufacturing Design Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Team: Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no lines and no checkout. You simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take what you want from our selection of fresh, delicious meals and grocery essentials, and go.

Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by our Just Walk Out Technology. It automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When you're done shopping, you just leave the store. Shortly after, we'll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt. Check it out at amazon.com/go. Designed and custom-built by Amazonians, our technology uses computer vision, sensor fusion, and advanced machine learning. Innovation is part of our DNA. We need people who want to join a high-reaching program that continues to collaborate and push the state of the art in computer vision, machine learning, distributed systems and hardware design.

The Manufacturing Design Engineer is responsible for the development and qualification of custom made-to-spec components at our suppliers across multiple product lines. Their role starts from Prototype (DFM) and spans the product development process through mass production. A broad scope of manufacturability experience and supplier management is required. Knowledge should span numerous aspects of fabrication, manufacturing, process control, product configuration, new process qualification, 2nd operations to include injection
molding, heat-staking, die casting, stamped sheet-metals etc.

What you'll do:
· Own new product Introduction (NPI) of made-to-spec components at suppliers and contract manufacturers.
· Work alongside the Product Design Team to be the voice of manufacturability for mechanical parts identifying possible manufacturing challenges by providing DFX for CAD designs prior to engaging potential suppliers
· Lead suppliers in the construction of mass production tooling through DFM analysis, tooling architecture reviews, specification definition, iteration and approval
· Drive technical deep-dives with in-region and supplier-based teammates running experiments to acquire data that specifically addresses observed production problems
· Use data to drive decision making and down-selection of components, processes, and materials
· Notify the CM and NPI PM early about production issues and lead problem-solving efforts to fix issues
· Have a discerning eye for process improvements and anticipating and diagnosing bottlenecks in production
· Evaluate technical trade-offs of different processes and collaborate with stakeholders to down select based on cost, quality, and performance
· Analyze DFM and provide constructive feedback to achieve the goals of the business, recognizing the capabilities of the process
· Drive jigs and assembly fixture designs with vendors, CM, and in-region teams considering cycle time, process constraints and component alignment

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 5+ years industry experience in developing and managing the ongoing production of custom mechanical components in a high volume manufacturing setting.
· Demonstrated experience with at least 2 complete product development cycles that required an emphasis on custom part design.
· New product introduction (NPI) experience.