Amazon Leo 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.

The processing lead technician will work as a part of and lead a team through satellite arrival, offload, and electrical testing operations. The candidate’s responsibilities include forklift, pallet jack, and crane operations; work with electrical harnessing and test racks to verify satellite health upon arrival at the launch site; and provide coaching to team members related to the work zone processes. Additionally, the processing lead technician will validate test data to confirm compliance with requirements. The individual will work closely with engineering and other launch operations and satellite manufacturing teams. This role is for 2nd shift but upon hiring/onboarding, the candidate will work 1st shift to train and onboard before transition to 2nd shift.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in a highly technical, fast-paced, and collaborative setting; is able to follow technical work instructions; and lead a team through processing operations.

Key job responsibilities
• Adhere to safety requirements, standards and procedures in all work locations.
• Launch operations consist of satellite processing, receiving, and testing of the Kuiper satellites using various ground systems in a clean-room and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) controlled environment.
• Verify satellite health using computer-controlled equipment to command and monitor satellite telemetry.
• Assign daily tasks to team members and execute assigned work to meet production schedules.
• Use precision calibrated tools – torque wrenches, multi-meters, micrometers and calipers.
• Track and be responsible for the calibrated tools and their calibration/maintenance cycles.
• Perform overhead crane lift operations and use pallet jacks and forklifts for hardware movement.
• Perform work according to engineering drawings and technical work instructions.
• Check and inspect work after completion to ensure engineering and quality standards are met per the drawing and work instruction requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers to develop and document activities, including continuous improvement opportunities.
• Perform other duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient, safe and effective work environment.
• Able to obtain and maintain licenses, and/or certifications as required by job responsibilities (i.e. forklift, crane, electrical).
• Mentor new and junior team members.
• Willing to work overtime and weekends as required.
• Shift schedule is nominally 5 days/week, 8 hours/day but may vary depending on production/launch schedules.
• Must be willing and able to perform extended travel up to 25% annually, either domestically or internationally as business needs demand.

A day in the life
The processing lead will meet with their engineer/leader to understand objectives for the day and will distributed work to their team. They will work on the operations floor to process satellites according to direction and work instructions provided by engineering using mechanical and electrical ground support equipment. They will document completed work and report non-conformances to engineering as they occur. The lead will also be responsible for working with engineers to get non-conformances resolved. Periodically, they will perform maintenance on the ground and facility systems supporting satellite movements. They will be expected to cross train with all other launch operations work areas when available. The lead is expected to support work surges and travel to other launch sites or Kuiper facilities.

About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences.

At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Processing Lead Technician - Satellite Processing - 2nd Shift, Amazon Leo