Amazon · 1 day ago
Senior Systems Engineer, Hardware Validation, AMZL Engineering and Innovation
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$132K/yr - $179K/yr
5+ years expAmazon Logistics (AMZL) is transforming customer interactions on a global scale by tackling significant logistical challenges. The company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer, Hardware Validation to lead the testing, validation, and reliability foundations for delivery station equipment, while collaborating with various teams to innovate and ensure safe, reliable equipment deployment.
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Responsibilities
Act as the WW technical owner for hardware validation and reliability strategy for delivery station equipment, including taking a leading role in equipment testing and validation
Apply systems thinking and risk-based methodologies (e.g., FMEA-driven validation) to assess hardware reliability, failure modes, and design tradeoffs across the full product lifecycle
Define and standardize mechanical test methodologies (fatigue, lifecycle, load, vibration, misuse, environmental) aligned to real-world operational conditions
Translate operational usage and risk into effective lab, pilot, and field validation plans, including accelerated and destructive testing
Review, approve, and technically challenge supplier-generated test plans, validation reports, and reliability data
Lead and govern external test vendors performing validation on behalf of Amazon
Define validation metrics, acceptance criteria, and documentation standards for NPI and sustaining programs
Act as a validation and risk expert in design, architecture, and supplier readiness reviews
Build structured plans to take equipment from concept through assessment, pilot, validation, and global expansion
Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action activities as needed
Partner with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Design, and Operations to close gaps between design intent, test results, and production reality
Create and maintain documentation such as validation standards, test plans, test reports, release criteria, and lessons learned repositories
Contribute to internal engineering process innovation, including building scalable validation systems and governance models
Up to 50% regional and WW travel depending on business needs
Qualification
Required
5+ years of Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related experience
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Experience Experienced with end-to-end ownership of major project deliverables
NPI experience working with cross functional stakeholders, Design, Operations, Process, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and external vendors/ suppliers/CMs following one of the following methodologies: NPI, NPD, Systems Engineering, V-Frame, PPAP, FAIR
experience reviewing and interpreting supplier validation plans and results (e.g., fatigue, lifecycle, vibration), and connecting test outcomes to quality, risk, and release decisions
Preferred
Master's degree in engineering or equivalent
Experience with design & innovation and research & development
Experience building validation systems, test standards, or reliability frameworks from scratch
Comfort working on 0-1 products with developing supply chains and new vendors
Experience working with JDM, OEMs, CM and overseas partners to develop products
Experience contributing beyond testing to early-stage product definition, supplier readiness, design reviews, quality investigations or sustaining engineering activities
Experience with industrial, warehouse, or high-volume mechanical equipment
Experience in the following manufacturing fabrication: metal forming, plastic molding, welding, stamping, extrusion, fabric stitching, and general assembly, testing, and packaging
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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$8.11BKey Investors
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2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
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