Design Engineer, North America AMZL Design Engineering

About the role

Amazon operates a world-class network of delivery stations across the globe. The LastMile organization is responsible for the acquisition, design, construction, and management of all facilities in the Amazon Delivery Station Network. We are looking for a Design Engineer to join our North America LastMile Design Team who will support the expansion of Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Delivery Station Network in North America (NA).

In this role, the Design Engineer will drive delivery station process, building design, and standardization across our Last Mile delivery network.

As a member of the NA LastMile Design team, the individual will be responsible for designing and optimizing the delivery and sortation network, enabling operations processes to meet safety, customer experience, quality, and cost goals that span delivery stations, outside traffic flow and on-road operations.

Key job responsibilities

Responsible for building design, development, review, and release for approval of new delivery station layouts and capacity improvements to existing stations. Provide engineering design expertise including material flow, labor placement, conveyors, equipment, operations modules, packaging profiles, and physical building and site layout components.

Achieve the daily and weekly plan set in front of the Design Engineers, and lead new expansion and retrofit initiatives at the project level to improve associate and driver safety, quality, productivity, and station capacity.

Implement new design standards in collaboration with Worldwide Design, Safety, Process Engineering, Material Handling Equipment, and Launch, and support the design quality control process that strives for accurate, zero-defect designs. Contribute to a network culture of standardization by sharing best practices with European (EU) and Worldwide (WW) counterparts and incorporating the most up-to-date design practices.

Collaborate with Design Managers, CAD drafters, Real Estate Transaction Managers, Worldwide Engineering (WWEI), Pre-Construction and its architects, material handling equipment suppliers, Launch and Start-Up teams, Finance, and Volume and Capacity Planning teams.

Facilitate cross-functional, project-specific design reviews, and implement solutions for recurring process issues along with mechanisms to increase the scale, speed, and quality of designs within the team.

• Travel up to 25% to support complex designs with quick, simple, and standard solutions.

A day in the life

• A typical day involves critical problem solving for the optimization of stations layouts.
• You'll analyze high-level demand projections to inform design decisions, ensuring future scalability.
• Collaborating with operations teams, you'll translate workflow needs into practical designs.

• Expect to juggle multiple projects, participating in design review meetings and coordinating with architects and civil engineering on detail drawings.
• You'll troubleshoot design challenges, conduct capacity analyses, and stay updated on industry innovations.
• The role demands a balance of analytical thinking, creative problem-solving, technical expertise, and effective communication to meet operational goals and deadlines.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
• Knowledge of automated material handling systems, packaging technologies and storage solutions
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and MS Project) at an advanced level
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, management, or technology
• Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing
• Experience working with and managing third party vendors
• Knowledge of AutoCAD at the intermediate level
• Experience in the real estate and construction process, including architecture, civil, structural engineering or construction as relates to the development of manufacturing facilities

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for 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.

• USA, TN, Nashville - 68,900.00 - 103,400.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually