Product Design Engineer II, AMXL WIDE

Description

Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) is a single-threaded organization with ownership of the end-to-end customer experience for large, heavy, and bulky products. AMXL consolidates the complete supply chain including strategy, data analytics, technology, operations, warehousing, order fulfillment, transportation, and delivery. AMXL also offers special handling services such as Room of Choice delivery, Haul-Away, and Installation/Assembly for select items. AMXL currently operates in North America, Europe, Japan, and India with plans for further expansion.

We are seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Design Engineer to join our dynamic AMXL Worldwide Industrial Design Engineering (WIDE) team. In this critical role, you will drive analysis, design, and deployment of high-impact retrofit programs and process re-engineering projects for AMXL Fulfillment Centers, Delivery Stations, and Sort Centers. The individual will primarily own the capacity models for Last Mile and will help improve and automate the model refreshes going into organizational quarterly guidance and planning cycles. Additionally, the role requires driving concept designs that enhance our customer and associate experience by introducing new capabilities and re-engineering processes while increasing the overall safety and efficiency of our operations.

We are looking for someone who possesses a blend of customer-facing and technical skills and will own retrofit programs and projects from ideation through execution and validation. Successful candidates will possess a strong background in facility design, material handling equipment, automation, and process engineering with a blend of deep skills in program managing complex projects, strong technical aptitude, troubleshooting capabilities, and customer-facing skills, along with a passion for innovating and simplifying processes. You are able to work successfully across multiple large engineering and operations teams at a strategic level and at an operations integration level.

Key job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end process design and site layout creation for each new business initiative and process improvement/re-engineering project in delivery station and sort center network

• Own the capacity models for LM BU.

• Determine all resources required for each retrofit project in terms of site layout, traffic plans, optimal material flow, equipment specification, and operations scheduling/ops clock

• Consolidate all retrofit efforts from change management to post-launch support for each site to streamline launch work, minimize disruption, and reduce launch costs

• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high quality, cost effective solutions in very short periods of time

• Simultaneously manage multiple high visibility projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors

• Cross-pollinate best practices between engineering and operations teams.

• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects

• Lead ergonomic design improvements leveraging ergonomics, safety, and field ACES team resources

• With each retrofit, drive standardization, documentation of core design and process elements for scalable network growth across North America Logistics using strong process management and Lean principles

• Own and deliver on post-launch reviews and customer feedback, and incorporate feedback into future project plans

A day in the life

The role will require daily interactions with Operations, Safety, Process/Design Engineering, Launch, Finance, Supply Chain Execution, and Planning teams to ensure delivery station and sort center retrofit programs are well-defined in terms of aligning on the launch calendar, determining capacity requirements, identifying resources, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and leading the change management process. The role needs to have a deep understanding on both business needs and operational standards to be able translate business inputs to operational designs and operational constraints into business plans. There will be daily/weekly calls with Design and Launch teams to review retrofit designs and to collaborate with business/program owners to ensure the success of strategic initiatives implemented on time at the highest quality. Once a retrofit is completed and handed over to Launch/Startup teams, the role requires documentation of these changes and updates in respective capacity management systems with follow ups on the approval chains with Ops and Business leaders.

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:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

• Maternity and Parental Leave Options

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you!

At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

As AMXL WIDE, our vision is to build the fastest, most effective & efficient, and most agile heavy/bulky delivery services operations and designs in the world. We provide best-in-class engineering solutions for heavy/bulky operations, which is one of the most difficult types of logistics operation in supply chain, to address its unique challenges, high costs, and complex operational requirements. One our most important tenets is to innovate yet remain practical with our solutions through process/layout designs, material handling solutions, and capacity management to deliver results with the best customer and associate experience. Our team provides standards, guidelines, and templates that are easy-to-understand, implement, and replicate to for a scalable and robust network growth. We centralize designs, modules, and capacity information for the success of business teams in short and long term.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related experience

• Experience in management of engineering design projects

• Experience leading engineering design projects and interacting with cross-functional teams

• Experience designing complex systems for automation in logistics or manufacturing, or experience with product development in automotive, aerospace, automation equipment or related field

• Experience in AutoCAD 3D

• Experience in engineering and estimating material handling and storage systems

• Experience modeling or simulating large-scale, high-volume distribution centers

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain) or foreign equivalent, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field

• Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision making

• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing

• Experience with design-in-safety

• Experience with process design based on Lean Principles

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

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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 - 99,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually