Liaison Engineer, 2nd Shift, Project Kuiper

Amazon

full-time

Posted: October 26, 2025

Number of Vacancies: 1

Job Description

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.To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who combine superb technical, research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively.In this role, you’ll join Kuiper's Structural Integrity and Analysis team as a Liaison Engineer to innovate and solve engineering issues that arise during Kuiper production operations leading to every flight of our constellation of satellites. You will be working on the shop floor along side Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop engineering dispositions related to non-conformances. You will work hard, have fun, and make history! This Liaison Engineer must have Material Review Board (MRB) experience in aerospace programs, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.Key job responsibilities- This position will work 2nd shift, 4:00pm-2:00am, 4 days a week back half Wednesday-Saturday- Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Kuiper operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations;- Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions;- Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports;- Develop analysis methods to address common structural non-conformances;- Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses;- Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers;A day in the lifeThis Liaison/MRB Engineer will be providing engineering support to resolve engineering issues that arise during manufacturing and assembly processes, quality inspection and acceptance tests, through the application of engineering and design principles, consulting the engineering development teams as needed.About the teamThe Structural Material Review Board team is part of the Kuiper Structural Integrity and Analysis teams (Structural Analysis, Loads and Dynamics, Materials and Processes and Reliability) that is ultimately responsible for Integrity of not only the spacecraft but all other commodities supporting the program, inside and outside of the Mechanical Engineering group.

Locations

  • United States, WA, Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States

Salary

Salary not disclosed

Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

120,000 - 180,000 USD / yearly

Source: ai estimated

* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

Skills Required

  • - 2+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experienceintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • - 2+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience (experience, 2 years)
  • - Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent (degree in mechanical engineering)

Preferred Qualifications

  • - Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations (certification)
  • - Experience with hardware/software integration and real-time systems (experience)
  • Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $86,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. (experience)

Responsibilities

  • - This position will work 2nd shift, 4:00pm-2:00am, 4 days a week back half Wednesday-Saturday
  • - Review and disposition non-conformance events of the spacecraft and its ground support equipment that may occur in all phases of the Kuiper operations: procurement, storage, handling, manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, final integration, launch and orbital operations;
  • - Develop standard repairs, rework procedures, propose design for manufacturing (DFM) improvements, improved processes and work instructions;
  • - Document static, dynamic and fatigue stress analyses when needed to support dispositions, interpreting established structural analysis reports;
  • - Develop analysis methods to address common structural non-conformances;
  • - Work with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering experts to provide root cause failure analyses;
  • - Interact with internal customers, external customers, and suppliers;

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