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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! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drone-reveal-photos).

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!

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Sr. Quality Engineer who has superb technical and analytical skills. This leader will have a strong background in Quality engineering, Design, Manufacturing and Assembly of complex products with a demonstrated ability to lead and get the right things done quickly and effectively. The right candidate will operate confidently across different levels of details, ranging from aggregate data analyses to granular single-unit defect root cause analysis. They will be adept at developing mechanisms to fix the system versus fixing the instance with one-time solutions. They will also be a strong integrator who prioritizes well and communicates effectively. You will work hard, have fun, and of course, make history!

Key job responsibilities

- Drive Design for Excellence (Quality, Manufacturability, Assembly, Cost etc.) efforts with Design, Manufacturing, Test and Systems Engineering teams.
- Create and manage mechanisms to enable scale and achieve Quality goals at rate
- Establish standard work for processes, drawings, feedback mechanism, and metrics for KPIs
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to manufacture safe, high quality, cost effective products at scale.
- Assess process capabilities/performance and innovate to simplify processes, reduce cost, optimize cycle time

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.

A day in the life
In this role, you will support our production ramp up efforts to make delivery-by-drone as common a sight as the Amazon truck in your neighborhood. You will work with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing and Test teams to maintain traceability and conformity of the produced drones. You will work upstream to overcome supply chain challenges, and downstream to contain reported issues from the field. You will compile and analyze data from multiple sources and with different structures to produce meaningful insights, develop metrics and drive actions to improve business performance.

About the team
We own Quality for all production activities. Starting with the Quality Management System, Incoming Quality Control, Line Inspections, supporting Airworthiness certifications, as well as RCCA and containment efforts. We dive deep into our production data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. We pride ourselves on having a strong Bias for Action, relentlessly High Standards, and a knack for analytics and making data-driven decisions.