Amazon is focused on protecting the health and safety of our employees while continuing to serve people who need our services more than ever. The Covid-19 outbreak has highlighted the importance of implementing and maintaining robust clinical diagnostic services for both employees and the community. Regular testing for a range of pathogens, on a global and national scale across all industries and service areas helps keep people safe and to maintain and improve the economic situation at a national and international level. Cost and time-effective diagnostics are a key element to ensuring that individuals, companies and governments are informed and can respond rapidly to protect lives and health.

Amazon has built incremental lab capacity, and implemented diagnostic testing for employees, performing over 1 million Covid-19 tests in the past 12 months in the Manchester based facility. While we are continuing to protect our staff from Covid-19, we are looking to expand testing capabilities into new and novel areas, and are seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Manager that can support us in this mission.


Key Responsibilities
This role is part of an engineering team that develops and supports products, systems and processes to plan, develop, manufacture, launch and support devices as efficiently as possible. The role works in parallel with both mechanical and software-focused engineers and maintenance technicians as part of a cross-functional team running operations. You will:
· Drive Quality Engineering principles into current product/process and new product introduction (NPI); including risk assessment, validation, verification and non-conformity management
· Lead engineering deliverables to achieve and maintain accreditation
· Provide expertise in advanced quality methods and protocols
· Lead cross-functional teams in Design for Quality initiatives
· Invent and simplify solutions to complex problems, using data and empirical evidence, by the application of methodical approaches, along with experience, innovation and judgement
· Understand detailed implications of decisions and recommendations and be able to communicate recommended solutions to the relevant project team, all the way up to executive leadership
· Align cross-functionally, influencing a broad spectrum of stakeholders to deliver on the quality policy
· Insist on the highest standards by creating frameworks around which others will operate and build consensus
· Manage change control activities for applicable equipment

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related fields
· Proven experience of leading quality activity from design to production
· Proven experience of complex problem solving and associated methodology
· Experience working within an ISO accredited/certified environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Master’s degree
· Experience of regulated sectors such as food, pharmaceuticals or healthcare
· Certified Six Sigma Green or Black Belt