Sr. Supply Chain Engineer, Amazon

Position Overview

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Engineer who combines technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. As a Senior Supply Chain Engineer within Amazon Prime Air, you will lead supplier performance and manufacturing readiness across multiple product lines, drive scalable mechanisms that improve quality, cost, and delivery, and influence sourcing strategy, design decisions, and supplier capability.

Export Control Requirement

This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon’s ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.

Key Responsibilities

• Define supplier performance strategy across Prime Air programs—driving quality, cost, and delivery improvements through scalable mechanisms and structured governance.
• Influence design, sourcing, and manufacturing strategies through data‑backed should‑cost models and capability insights, shaping long‑term supply decisions.
• Lead multi‑supplier readiness and rate‑scaling initiatives, ensuring alignment to roadmap, capacity, and launch objectives across product lines.
• Govern complex technical changes and manufacturing validations, ensuring design intent, reliability, and rate readiness across multiple suppliers.
• Own cross‑functional program integration, coordinating engineering, quality, and operations deliverables to ensure synchronized ramp and readiness milestones.
• Establish global supplier health and risk frameworks, driving standardization, visibility, and accountability across the supply base.
• Drive systemic improvement programs that eliminate recurring issues and raise overall supplier maturity.
• Mentor and develop engineers and partner teams, embedding scalable mechanisms and operational rigor into daily execution.
• Act as a technical and operational leader, representing SCEO in strategic reviews and influencing Prime Air’s manufacturing and sourcing roadmap.
• Travel domestically and internationally up to 25% within 24‑hour notice.

A Day in the Life

Each day blends Day 1 innovation with disciplined execution. You’ll shift between solving urgent supplier issues, building scalable mechanisms, and aligning hardware production across teams. One hour you’re deep in yield data or a cost model; the next, you’re on the factory floor driving readiness. This role thrives in ambiguity—turning chaos into structure, and structure into scalable systems that deliver quality, cost, and schedule at speed.

About the Team

Our team thrives on collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence. We’re a group of self‑motivated leaders with deep manufacturing expertise who take on complex challenges, work together to remove obstacles, and deliver meaningful results at scale.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
• Proven leadership in supplier relationship management, including defining and governing SLAs, performance scorecards, and escalation mechanisms across multiple suppliers or programs.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, align cross‑functional teams, and represent Supply Chain Engineering in executive and supplier forums.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy in a global environment, including leading onsite supplier engagements and executive reviews with minimal direction.
• Travel up to 25% domestic travel with short notice (within 24 hours).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability.
• 7+ years of experience in supplier management or manufacturing engineering for aerospace, automotive, robotics, or high‑precision hardware.
• Expertise developing and governing should‑cost models, using cost analytics to influence design strategy, sourcing decisions, and long‑term negotiation frameworks.
• Deep understanding of DFM/DFA principles and advanced manufacturing quality tools (PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, process validation), with demonstrated ability to standardize and deploy them across diverse supplier networks.

Location & Compensation

USA, Washington, Seattle – $137,300.00 – $185,700.00 USD annually.

Benefits

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional Supplemental life plans), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.