Amazon Leo Optical Metrology Engineer

Amazon LEO 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. You will join a multi-discipline team responsible for development for optical communication system between satellites. You will be responsible for design, build and verification of custom optical metrology stations used to build, test and manufacture optical Intersatellite link systems.

Key job responsibilities:

• Design, build and qualify optical metrology stations for build, test and manufacturing of optical Intersatellite link system.
• Develop clear understanding of optical tests needed for qualifying optical systems.
• Develop new and improve existing optical measurement methods, using optical metrology equipment like interferometer, imaging, and high speed laser for optical module integration, alignment, and testing.
• Analyze technical problems arising in optical testing and manufacturing and develop optimal solutions to solve them.
• Develop measurement process and procedures for volume manufacturing and scalable production.

A day in the life:

• 25% - On the shop floor, working with production teams to implement new processes, review & solve key technical blockers in production, performing production development testing, etc.
• 25% - Independent development work such as deep diving on available data sets to identify and implement key production improvement actions, acting on quality escapes by developing and implementing new quality control measures, developing & executing to existing roadmaps for capacity increase, process simplification, etc.
• 40% - Meeting settings, collaborating with others on topics such as new design introductions, production process change management, production solution finding reviews, etc.
• 10% - Mentorship settings with other engineers on the team, performing collaborative work & coaching to develop the team members skillsets, while ensuring common team execution to your technical vision.

About the team:
The Optical Inter-Satellite Link Production team is a multi-disciplinary organization responsible for all aspects of production of the key modules enabling satellite-to-satellite communication. The Manufacturing Engineering Team is the technical arm of this organization, with 50+ engineers from all disciplines collaborating on all aspects of technical development & execution in production. As a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you will be the technical leader of a team of 8-10 manufacturing engineers.