Innovation and Design Engineer, Worldwide Design Engineering
Amazon 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
This role involves overseeing capital projects exceeding $100MM, managing the mechanical design lifecycle for fulfillment center systems, and developing comprehensive design specifications for automation and robotics. Responsibilities also include mentoring junior engineers, driving functional standards, and managing multi-million dollar projects across diverse facility types.
Responsibilities
- Oversee $100MM+ capital projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility and strategic alignment
- Develop finance breakdowns, budget management strategies, and executive-level reporting
- Translate technical complexities into business impacts for senior leadership decision-making
- Make strategic decisions with leadership on resource allocation and project prioritization
- Establish timelines and critical path milestones for successful project delivery
Requirements
- 5+ years of Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related experience
- Experience in management of engineering design projects
- Master's degree in Engineering (any domain) or foreign equivalent, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
Key Skills
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one. Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world. Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1." What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fa
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