This critical role is part of Amazon’s team focused on building new, large-scale solutions aimed at creating positive impact in the world. This team thinks big across a wide range of industries and topics to create, launch, and manage products. We are looking for builders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who want to bring their ideas to reality and improve the lives of millions of customers.

Amazon Special Projects is the innovation team behind the development of new and novel ideas aimed to create positive impact in the world by bringing these ideas from concept to market. Products and services that have launched from this team include Amazon Care, Comprehend Medical, Echo Frames, Amazon Explore and Amazon Glow, among others. This team thinks big and makes big bets in in technology, education, healthcare, social impact and sustainability. We are looking for builders, innovators and dreamers who want to bring their ideas to reality and improve the lives of customers.

We are a passionate team of doers that apply cutting-edge advances in technology to solve real-world problems and transform our customers’ experiences in ways we cannot even imagine yet. As a Sr. Ops. Research Scientist, you will be working with a unique and gifted team developing exciting products for customers and collaborating with cross-functional team.

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/life Balance - Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth - Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, concept reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

The ideal candidate will have experience in regulated industries, taking new production systems from development through mature manufacturing.


Key job responsibilities
• Facilitate and support the transfer of chemistry, manufacturing and quality processes from development through volume production in a regulated environment while working closely with collaborative teams
• Evaluate available technology in the industry and product requirements to develop process methods and equipment design to enable efficient manufacturing and qualification
• Use their knowledge of biological processes to develop test methods for material, subcomponent and final product validation through stages of manufacturing including documentation
• Develop process documentation such as work instructions, test procedures, quality control protocols, lot release protocols and machine qualifications
• Lead setting manufacturing acceptance criteria for chemical components, with guard banding the concentrations and parameters
• Design, develop, execute and document DOE for process optimization
• Lead sourcing and cost reduction activities
• Train personnel as applicable and in the short term perform the builds to support scale up
• Perform failure analysis to resolve production process issues such as nonconforming materials, yield, quality and throughput

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Milpitas, CA, USA• Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing, biochemistry, organic chemistry, biology or other related technical degree
• 5+ years in manufacturing or manufacturing engineering; including NPI experience
• 3+ years of proven experience with DOE's, high speed automation or assembly equipment
• 3+ years’ experience with designing, specifying, implementing and qualifying test methods
• Advanced degree in manufacturing, biochemistry, organic chemistry, biology or other related technical degree
• Knowledge in Assay Development procedures for qualifying materials
• Experience with manufacturing in regulated environments including IQ, OQ and PQ documentation
• Experience with guard banding studies to test limits of test and develop acceptance criteria
• Experience with ISO tables and statistical tools for sample size determination
• Strong analytical skills to explore data and develop engineering solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication, ability to present and explain design, defect data, metrics, supplier quality, improvement initiatives and status to leadership


Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $108,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.