Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.

As a Senior MDE Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and implementing DFMA good practices to the design of our product. You will be a key member of the development team and will be the main interface between the Hardware and Product Design Engineering teams with local and Offshore Operations teams within Lab126 and our OEM partners. In this role, you will:
* tackle intrinsically hard problems, acquiring expertise as needed.
* deconstruct complex problems into straightforward solutions.
* propose projects that may require the work of several teams to implement; and divide responsibilities so that each team can work independently and have the system come together into an integrated whole.
* work in partnership with the senior leadership team and are trusted to represent Amazon at industry events and be on-site to resolve critical operational.
* operate strategically within the organization, identifying long term service and product offerings that benefit Amazon as a whole.

As a “hands-on” technical leader, You devise strategies to combat major automation and manufacturing pain points ­and engage with manufacturing partners, automation vendors, internal stakeholders for all products inside and outside of Lab126’s scope. While focusing on the long term strategic initiatives, you still work closely with senior engineers across teams on day-to-day questions and escalations;
Additionally you will:
*Work with design engineering to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles
* Investigate and introduce new manufacturing technology and methodology to enhance product quality and production efficiency
* Develop manufacturing process at the ODM, including defining fixture requirements, critical dimensions on parts and critical requirements in assembly
* Drive all factory-related operational issues related to final assembly processes during pre-production builds; ensure effective closure to enable operational success of the new product introduction cycle, and put products into mass production
* Identify and develop assembly jig and fixture for new products
* Work within Operations, Hardware, and Product Design engineering departments to implement and optimize manufacturing 1st pass yields and efficiency from prototype through product ramp
*Bridge the gap from OEM to Lab126 by supporting development builds and production