Job Description

Amazon Prime Air is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Engineer to manage supplier performance across quality, cost, and schedule. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure production targets are met while driving innovation and solving complex delivery challenges.

Requirements

3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
Experience in supplier relationship management (e.g. SLAs management, performance/scorecarding)
Experience leading engineering design projects and interacting with cross-functional teams
Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% within 24hrs notice.

Responsibilities

Own supplier performance across quality, cost, and schedule
Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation (process flows, build instructions, PFMEAs, and control plans) to enable consistent and repeatable production
Assess and qualify supplier manufacturing capability to meet design intent, production rate, and scalability requirements through detailed process reviews and onsite audits
Build and own should-cost models for key components and assemblies; partner with engineering, sourcing, and finance to identify cost drivers and opportunities for value engineering
Lead technical program management for supplier-driven workstreams, aligning build readiness, material availability, and design milestones
Review and approve manufacturing process changes, ensuring design compliance, risk mitigation, and smooth implementation through structured change management
Plan and execute supplier ramp-ups and new product introductions, coordinating technical readiness, pilot builds, and early production validation
Establish performance tracking mechanisms for yield, throughput, and process capability; leverage metrics to identify and close performance gaps
Drive root-cause and corrective action activities to resolve quality, delivery, and process issues while enabling long-term improvements
Collaborate cross-functionally with design engineering, sourcing, quality, and operations to align supplier strategy with product and program objectives
Develop and deploy scalable mechanisms to monitor, report, and continuously improve supplier manufacturing performance

Benefits

Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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