The Manufacturing Engineer role at Amazon Web Services focuses on enhancing the quality and efficiency of solid-state drive products within a dynamic international manufacturing environment. The team collaborates with various stakeholders, including ODMs, CMs, and internal engineers, to ensure high standards of hardware quality and reliability. This position involves taking ownership of manufacturing launches and resolving process issues while driving innovations in hardware development. The ideal candidate will contribute to the design and production of AWS-specific hardware and lead efforts in manufacturing optimization.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of Manufacturing Engineering work experience with storage drives, server platforms, or high-tech hardware.
• 2+ years of product development experience.
• 2+ years of statistical analysis and reliability testing experience.
• Experience with failure analysis techniques and driving root cause analysis.
• Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Experience working with device technologies under development.
• Experience with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience with project management of technical projects.

• Evaluate and optimize product designs for quality assurance and manufacturing efficiency of solid-state drive products.
• Scale up manufacturing on new SSD products across a global network.
• Lead and oversee quality control processes across Contract Manufacturers, Original Design Manufacturers, and component vendors.
• Deliver hands-on technical support during new product introductions and launches.
• Investigate and resolve customer escalations through comprehensive root cause analysis.
• Define hardware reliability qualification plans and drive root cause and customer impact analysis for manufacturing reliability excursions.
• Drive Operational Readiness Review and Ok2Ship for Manufacturing site readiness assessment.
• Participate in production standups and yield review meetings with CM and ODM.
• Monitor manufacturing quality metrics and triage hardware or firmware issues in production.
• Audit manufacturing processes and identify opportunities to improve yield and reduce cycle time.

• 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.