Sr. PCBA Manufacturing Engineer, Amazon Leo
Bellevue, WA$137.3k - $185.7kFull-timePosted yesterday
About the role
Senior PCBA Manufacturing Engineer responsible for bringing engineering designs for complex PCBA to production for Amazon Leo, coordinating with design, supplier manufacturing, quality, and operations to optimize manufacturability, yield, cycle time, and cost for satellite bus PCBA manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Design Engineering to drive DFx by providing PCB/PCBA DFM and DFA feedback to identify/manufacture challenges early in product development.
- Own the PCBA Manufacturing Qualification process at the contract manufacturer by defining manufacturing readiness requirements and leading milestone reviews to ensure production readiness deliverables are complete.
- Investigate and develop new manufacturing technology/methodologies to enhance PCB/PCBA quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.
- Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds; collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Reliability Engineering to optimize processes and yields for production ramp.
- Investigate failures/defects in manufacturing, test, and integration; identify root causes and implement corrective actions as part of continuous improvement.
- Identify opportunities for risk reduction and simplification of PCBA manufacturing processes.
- Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and standardized rework practices.
- Actively monitor product/process success through production ramp and provide regular status reports from design to production.
- Deploy and qualify polymerics (staking, underfill, conformal coat) processes for high volume production.
Qualifications
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- 5+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB manufacturing engineering.
- Experience with driving DFx, DFM, DFA for NPI and mass production
- Experience in board assembly processes: stencil, paste print, SPI, pick & place, SMT reflow, AOI, AXI, selective solder, flying probe, and wash.
- Experience working independently and ensuring timely and accurate communication with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and 3rd party test and failure analysis partners.
- Ability to lead small teams in root-causing technical product manufacturability and process problems and drive implementation of solutions.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for innovation and improving manufacturability, quality, and reliability in cutting-edge technology.
Skills
Required:Design for Excellence (DFx) feedbackPCBA Manufacturing QualificationRoot cause analysis
Nice to have:Manufacturing technology development
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Additional coverage
- EAP, Mental Health Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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