Senior Component Engineer, Kuiper

4 days ago


San Diego, California, United States Amazon Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Component Engineer to join our team at Kuiper, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the space and aerospace industry. As a key member of our Component Engineering team, you will play a critical role in driving the development of our next-generation products.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical guidance and support to engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams as a subject matter expert.
  • Create, review, and maintain our Component Engineering methods, processes, and procedures.
  • Review electrical component requests to ensure they meet requirements and own electrical component lifecycle management.
  • Conduct and review component research on equivalent components to expand our Approved Vendor List (AVL).
  • Support release processes, ensuring end-to-end Bill of Materials (BOM) quality from CAD to manufacturing.
  • Perform and review BOM scrubs.
  • Manage component failure analysis and corrective actions with suppliers.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • 15+ years of experience working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industries.
  • Experience working for or closely with an IC manufacturer, with an understanding of fab processes, assembly processes, design processes, materials, and associated QA and REL issues common to Silicon ICs.
  • Experience in electrical component selection, derating, contract manufacturers (PCBA).
  • Experience creating qualification plans and obsolescence analyses.
  • Experience in component reliability, failure analysis, or Destructive Physical Analysis.
  • Experience collaborating with ECAD/physical board designers.
  • Experience with PLM tools, MSOffice, and other desktop tools.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 20+ years of experience working as a Component Engineer in space, aerospace, or other high-tech industries.
  • Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and component data sheets.
  • Experience working with contract manufacturers and assembly lines (PCB Assembly).
  • In-depth experience with Product Development Processes.
  • Direct product development, release, and support experience.
  • Program Management strengths, including the ability to direct workstreams across QA, Reliability, Engineering stakeholders.
  • Attention to detail and ability to operate with minimal direction and across multiple teams.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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