What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Innovation and Design Engineer, Worldwide Design and Engineering, Worldwide Design and Engineering position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Are you an innovative leader that wants to design the next generation of world-class fulfillment centers and logistics systems across the globe? Do you want a high level of ownership in solving complex problems? Does the challenge of designing systems that leverage ground breaking automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies and robotics appeal to you? If so, we have the job for you!
We’re looking to add a high-impact engineer to our team in our Nashville. In this role, you will collaborate with internal and external teams to design high quality, cost effective solutions for our fulfillment and distribution systems. You will own multiple projects simultaneously, from concept realization through design approval. You will be our suppliers’ primary point of technical contact for your projects. Then, once the design is completed and approved, you will hand-off the project to our Ops Engineering team who will oversee the installation and commissioning of the project. You’ll support that team to ensure that the system you’ve designed is successfully installed, commissioned and launched.
Your projects will include green-fields, brown-fields, and retrofits. Our team is responsible to design fulfillment centers, cross-dock facilities, specialty facilities (ex. reverse logistics, hazmat) and ground and air transportation centers throughout North America and Europe. Your projects will be a variety of template-based and designed-from-scratch.
You will work with a team of highly skilled and highly engaged engineers in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment. Our team works on hundreds of projects each year. You will be challenged; you will learn; you will work on high impact, high visibility projects; you will grow.
Key job responsibilities
- Working with vendors to develop technical solutions.
- Creation of 3D CAD, and drawing packages to support installation.
- Developing specifications and standards to support improving First Time Launch Quality (FTLQ).
- Running and approving Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
- Supporting installation and verification of design requirements.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
About the team
The teams main focus is on designing standardized products, automation and MHE Design that can be utilized across multiple MHE Integrators. This allows Amazon to lower costs of our capital investment and pass along to our customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (any discipline) or foreign equivalent or a related field, or 4 years Amazon experience.
- Experience using 3D CAD, creating 2D drawings.
- Experience in Design/Innovation Engineering, Manufacturing/Process/Industrial Engineering, or related experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, robotics and/or high-speed manufacturing.
- Experience must involve ownership/management of engineering design projects.
- Proficiency using business/technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software.
- Ability to travel a maximum of 25% (5% International and 20% within the USA)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in Engineering (any discipline) or foreign equivalent, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field and at least five years of progressively responsible experience in the specialty.
- Experience with process design and based on Lean Principles.
- Good working knowledge of SolidWorks CAD software
- Proficiency with concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision making.
- Design-in-Safety experience
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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