Sr. ACES TPM (Continuous Improvement), Amazon Leo

ID: 6997

Type: Full-time

Category: Others

Company Name: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Location: USA, WA, BELLEVUE - Bellevue - United States

Salary: 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually

Job Description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The Leo ACES (Amazon Customer Excellence System) team drives step-change improvements to Leo's high-rate satellite production through three pillars: benchmarking and scaling best-of-breed practices, developing enabling technology stacks, and executing continuous improvement methodologies.

As a senior member of this team, you will lead improvements across manufacturing, testing, supply chain, and fulfillment processes — tackling foundational, cross-functional challenges that require complex, large-scale solutions. You will partner with teams across hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, launch, and test to manage dependencies and secure stakeholder alignment.

We are looking for an experienced change agent who can envision the big picture and build the mechanisms to make it happen. The ideal candidate brings excellent communication and influencing skills, strong technical and business acumen, and sound judgment in balancing needs with constraints. They are adaptable to evolving direction and are able to navigate conflicting priorities to find a path forward. They embody the leadership principles of Earn Trust, Ownership, Insist on the Highest Standards, and Invent and Simplify. This role is based in Bellevue, WA.

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.

Key job responsibilities
The Sr. ACES TPM drives high-impact performance improvements across manufacturing, test, and supply chain operations through data-driven analysis, Lean Six Sigma methodology, and digital automation. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership and communication skills who can influence without authority, balance competing priorities, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities include:
• Lead end-to-end DMAIC and Lean Six Sigma projects targeting measurable business outcomes, including throughput, cost, yield, and OEE.
• Apply advanced statistical methods — regression, ANOVA, DOE, and SPC — to identify root causes, design experiments, reduce variation, and validate solutions.
• Assess operational activities using analytical tools such as VSM, Kaizen, and statistical studies to identify waste, bottlenecks, and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain standard work, control plans, and process capability metrics (Cpk, OEE, FPY).
• Quantify the business impact of improvement opportunities and present data-backed recommendations to leadership.
• Identify and drive the development of technology solutions — including digital tools, automation, and data infrastructure — that enable step-change improvements in manufacturing and test operations.
• Partner with hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, launch, and test teams to manage dependencies and secure stakeholder alignment.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, embodying Amazon's Leadership Principles to drive operational excellence and transformative change.

A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. This role requires ability to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to push back without being adversarial. You will act as an internal consultant across multiple value streams, helping teams adopt data-driven decision making.

You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

About the team
The Leo Operations Command Center (OCC) is Amazon Leo's integrated production operations program management function, enabling successful production scaling. ACES sits within OCC and focuses on driving cross-functional step-change process improvements. This is a two-pizza team comprised of seasoned TPMs and process engineers.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
- 6+ years experience in manufacturing, test, or supply chain environment with demonstrated track record in Lean Six Sigma projects.
- Experience in high-mix, high-precision or electronics/aerospace assembly at high volumes.
- Strong problem-solver, analytical thinker, and effective communicator across both shop-floor presence and executive leadership. Able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- Skilled in Python, SQL, and Power BI/Tableau for data extraction and visualization. Familiar with Minitab, JMP, or equivalent for statistical analysis. Experience pulling data from MES/ERP/test systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques applied to manufacturing (predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, process mining).
- Familiarity with industry 4.0 technologies and their application in today's manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, BELLEVUE - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually

Company Information

Company Name: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Company Website: https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-is/project-kuiper

Company Address: USA, WA, Redmond

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is an Amazon-associated corporate entity created to support the development, production and operational deployment activities for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to develop a broadband satellite network in low Earth orbit (LEO). The company functions within the broader Project Kuiper organization and is focused on the industrial, engineering and manufacturing aspects required to design, build, and integrate spacecraft, user terminals and associated hardware, as part of Amazon’s effort to establish a global satellite broadband service. Public information published by Amazon about Project Kuiper frames the program’s goals in terms of building a LEO satellite constellation, associated ground infrastructure and customer-premises equipment to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities; Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC exists as one of the legal entities established to carry out the program’s manufacturing, supply-chain and industrial activities. As a manufacturing and systems-integration organization tied to a major commercial space program, the company’s core business activities are centered on hardware engineering, production readiness and industrial-scale assembly for space systems. These activities include supporting spacecraft bus and payload assembly, production planning and quality assurance; coordinating the manufacture and supply of user terminals and customer premises equipment (CPE) such as phased-array antennas or other consumer terminals; establishing and operating test, integration and environmental verification facilities; and implementing production-line processes necessary to meet the volume and reliability requirements of a commercial LEO constellation. The entity also supports logistics, supplier qualification, procurement for specialty electronic and mechanical components, and regulatory compliance activities that relate specifically to manufacturing and integration of aerospace hardware. Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC’s primary outputs and services therefore include satellite hardware components and assembled satellites ready for final test and launch integration, production-configured user terminal hardware for consumer and enterprise customers, and manufactured subsystems that support ground segment operations such as gateways and network instrumentation. Beyond physical products, the organization provides engineering, manufacturing and integration services necessary to move designs from prototype through qualification and into production. This includes establishing production lines and test facilities, implementing manufacturing best practices for electronics and aerospace assemblies, and coordinating with other technical organizations within Project Kuiper and Amazon to ensure seamless handoffs between design, software, operations and launch partners. The company’s role is tightly coupled with several non-manufacturing functions that are nonetheless essential to a modern space-manufacturing program. These include coordination with supply-chain and procurement teams to secure long-lead and custom components; liaising with regulatory, legal and spectrum-management groups to ensure hardware and terminals comply with applicable authorizations; implementing traceability, configuration management and high-reliability quality systems typical of aerospace manufacturing; and supporting field deployment work for gateways and customer installations. Amazon’s public materials on Project Kuiper emphasize the need for a vertically integrated approach to support scalable deployment of satellites and terminals, and Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC represents the manufacturing/legal node within that approach. Industry context: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC operates at the intersection of aerospace manufacturing, satellite communications and consumer telecommunications hardware. The broader Project Kuiper program is publicly described by Amazon as a LEO satellite broadband initiative intended to expand high-speed internet access; accordingly, the manufacturing activities undertaken by this entity are aligned with aerospace systems engineering, satellite manufacturing, and telecommunications equipment production. As part of that ecosystem, the company adheres to manufacturing standards and practices appropriate for spaceflight hardware—environmental testing, reliability engineering, EEE parts control, and assemblies compatible with launch environments—and it supports the downstream network operations and customer-equipment deployments required for a commercial satellite broadband service. Affiliations and corporate role: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is an Amazon-branded legal entity associated with Project Kuiper. While corporate filings and public Amazon statements identify Project Kuiper as an Amazon initiative, this manufacturing entity is one of several Amazon legal entities and teams assembled to execute the program’s varied technical, regulatory and operational needs. Public-facing Project Kuiper communications underline Amazon’s commitments to building the constellation, deploying ground infrastructure and delivering consumer devices; the manufacturing enterprise named here is the explicit organizational focus on turning engineering designs into producible, testable hardware for that vision. Publicly verifiable information about the entity is typically found within Amazon’s Project Kuiper disclosures, corporate filings and regulatory submissions that identify Amazon’s organizational structure for the program. Official Amazon Project Kuiper materials provide high-level descriptions of objectives, required industrial capabilities and the types of products and services the program will deliver (LEO satellites, user terminals and ground infrastructure). For details on specific facilities, partner suppliers, production capacity, or the legal domicile and registered office of Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, reviewers should consult Amazon’s official Project Kuiper pages, corporate filings and the filings or notices submitted to regulatory bodies and registries where the legal entity is registered.

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