Principal Tech Ops Engineer, AWS Rack Manufacturing
Manufacturing & Production · Production & Assembly · Manufacturing Engineering · Production Management
In short
Lead and scale regional manufacturing operations for AWS global infrastructure, managing external partners and driving technical roadmap development. This senior role requires 10+ years of technical program management experience in complex hardware manufacturing, focusing on operational excellence, continuous improvement, and strategic planning to meet scaling targets.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the 3 to 5 year manufacturing operations strategy, anticipating future capacity needs and prioritizing technology investments.
- Lead transformational programs including advanced automation deployment and robotics integration.
- Drive manufacturing agility through flexible line configurations and rapid changeover capabilities.
- Own capital expenditure planning for manufacturing operations, developing business cases for equipment and facility investments.
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks across the manufacturing network.
- Develop high quality strategic documents and investment proposals for executive leadership.
- Architect and continuously evolve production line design, material flow strategies, and workstation configurations.
- Define the manufacturing execution system strategy for the region, establishing real time visibility.
- Lead continuous improvement through lean manufacturing principles and kaizen programs.
- Architect and own the manufacturing operations performance framework, defining key metrics.
- Build executive grade dashboards and reporting systems for production health and delivery performance.
- Champion Industry 4.0 adoption including IoT enabled production monitoring and predictive maintenance.
- Design scalable mechanisms and intelligent automation to eliminate manual effort in production reporting and capacity planning.
- Translate complex operational data into compelling strategic narratives for executive leadership.
- Lead digital transformation across manufacturing operations, driving modernization and smart factory capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, project engineering in a manufacturing environment or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration and cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, or experience in material handling equipment (MHE).
- Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles/ Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements.
- Communicating results to senior leadership in building financial and operational reports.
- Degree or equivalent in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
- Experience in problem solving and data analytics.
- 10+ years of technical program management experience.
- Deep, tenured expertise in high mix, high complexity hardware manufacturing.
- Experience leading organizations through product transitions, capacity ramps, supplier onboarding cycles, and operational transformations.
- Ability to thrive in dynamic environments requiring rapid, high judgment decision making.
- Experience owning complex integration programs from conception through scaling.
- Expertise in program management, supply chain operations, capacity modeling, new product introduction, and manufacturing engineering.
- Ability to drive systemic root cause resolution using structured methodologies (5 Whys, 8D, Six Sigma).
- Accountability for site capacity planning across the region.
- Accountability for critical financial levers including direct and indirect labor optimization, cost per unit, and overall cost competitiveness.
- Championing the highest standards of safety, security, and operational excellence.
- Communicating with clarity through structured business reviews.
- Establishing metrics that define success.
- Influencing across engineering, supply chain, quality, and executive leadership.
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree or above in engineering, management, or technology, or Master's degree or above in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or Business Administration.
- Experience coordinating complex products with stringent technical requirements, development cycles and schedules.
- Knowledge of Six Sigma tools, Lean techniques, PMP or similar standards preferred.
Benefits
- Inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
- Diverse experiences are valued; candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don't meet all qualifications.
- Endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources.
- Flexibility as part of our working culture to achieve work-life harmony.
- Travel up to 5-20% of the time regularly throughout the assigned region and internationally.
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Company
Amazon
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Hyderabad, India
Mumbai, India
Qualification
Bachelor, Master
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