Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
As a first shift supervisor, you will be engaged in installing, commissioning, and maintaining specialty equipment with the ultimate goal of supporting satellites from the stages of early testing, integration, through to launch and on to production stability. You will maintain complex mechanical, electrical and vacuum chambers to ensure their efficient operations and reliable testing. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Project Kuiper’s inter-disciplinary team to ensure that critical needs and demands on second shift are being met. You will be essential in the on-time delivery of hardware capable of achieving mission success as you are directly responsible for all equipment supporting these functions, and will have broad scope and autonomy to fill all gaps between equipment concept and operations. You will work closely with your second shift team members to ensure critical pass downs and communications are being provided daily. You will lead the charge to develop, improve, review and maintain the preventative maintenance program while ensuring appropriate procedures in place to supporting spacecraft testing and builds.
Key job responsibilities
- Hands on installation of mechanical systems, electrical sub-systems, and troubleshooting related to a variety of manufacturing equipment
- Develop, design, and implement solutions to difficult problems with a sense of urgency
- Establish preventative maintenance programs from concept to implementation
- Maintain the operation of equipment and systems in the areas of responsibilities such as: Compressed air, electrical distribution, TVAC, thermal chambers, shock and vibe test equipment
- Manage internal and external maintenance technicians
- Coordinate, schedule and manage multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
- Ensure all environmental, health safety procedures are followed by onsite personnel
- Work across teams to develop clear and concise project details for mechanical, electrical, and machine functionality requirements allowing for expedient installations leading to successful operations
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, contractors, and maintenance teams to define design facility requirements for specialty equipment during initial stages of design through completion of installation
- Establish effective relationships with teams across the program
- Develop an understanding of local permit processes
- Manage critical spare parts budgets for K.E.G. as equipment is being defined, installed and operated.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the team
The Kuiper Equipment Group supports the Space Simulation and Manufacturing teams by installing, commissioning, and maintaining equipment that will provide screening and testing of satellite hardware. The lab has the capability to perform testing in the R&D, Proto-Flight, Qualification and Flight test phases. This will be done utilizing equipment in the lab such as electrodynamic shakers, thermal vacuum chambers, thermal cycling chambers and other equipment to simulate the space environment while assuming responsible for assembly, integration, and test of satellite hardware and the associated equipment and facility definition required to achieve production rates.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years in aerospace production and manufacturing maintenance or relevant trade experience
- Previous TVAC and Thermal chamber experience
- Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, For contractors, Local area, Afternoon shift,