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Field and Design Engineer, Field and Design Engineering

Amazon 🇯🇵 Tōkyō, 1, Marunouchi 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

Onsite Full-time Senior

Lead project management for new logistics facility launches and building modifications, including design development, budgets, schedules, and construction milestones. Design and optimize facility layouts, qualify equipment, coordinate vendors and internal teams, and resolve technical and construction issues to meet operational, quality, cost, and schedule goals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management for new facility launches and building modifications, including design development, milestone planning, budget estimation and schedule management
  • Design and optimize logistics facility layouts through feasibility studies, equipment qualification and process improvements
  • Coordinate with construction vendors, integrators, operations teams and partner engineering groups to validate designs and resolve technical gaps
  • Identify and resolve complex system and construction issues via root‑cause analysis and trade‑off evaluation
  • Mentor teammates on emerging tools and best practices and share lessons learned

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience as an industrial, operations, manufacturing or project engineer in a manufacturing environment
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Business‑level proficiency in Japanese and English
  • Intermediate knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL
  • Experience managing third‑party vendors
  • Knowledge of Six Sigma and lean manufacturing

Key Skills

Industrial engineering Construction project management Facility layout design AutoCAD VBA programming SQL Six Sigma Lean manufacturing Vendor management Root‑cause analysis Budget forecasting Schedule management Cross‑functional collaboration Stakeholder communication Problem solving Data‑driven decision making Generative AI tools Safety compliance Mentoring English‑Japanese bilingual communication Process optimization Logistics operations Technical documentation Quality assurance

About Amazon

Amazon Japan is part of Amazon.com, Inc., the world’s largest e‑commerce and cloud computing company.

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