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Posted date: Jun 06, 2025
Location: Bellevue, WA
Estimated salary: $182,650
Range: $133,900 - $231,400
Description
Do you have a passion for aviation? Are you interested in helping grow air operations from the ground up? Amazon Air (AIR) is seeking highly motivated individuals to identify and develop game-changing air transportation solutions for Amazon’s middle-mile transportation network, with the goal of improving our customers’ experience.The Senior (Sr.) Engine Fleet Manager position is a part of the Fleet, Aviation Sourcing and Technical (FAST) Powerplant (PP) team which is responsible for technical oversight and management of AIR's fleet of aircraft. The Sr. Powerplant Engineer is the single-thread owner responsible for setting technical direction for engine and Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) operations, troubleshooting, and maintenance across all Amazon Air carriers. The Sr. Engine Fleet Manager drives technical improvements for engines to exceed the reliability goals for Amazon Air and deep dives technical barriers impacting performance goals. This role leverages deep technical and industry expertise in the areas of Aircraft Engine Systems, Engine Workscoping, Engine Performance and removal drivers, Engine and Component design, Life Limited Parts (LLP), component inspection and repairs, and off-wing and on-wing troubleshooting to meet and exceed AIR's fleet availability goals.
The Sr. Engine Fleet Manager responsibilities include, but are not limited to, supporting the execution of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) technical requirements for Amazon Air’s global fleet, conducting scrap review, and coordinating repair development efforts with engine and APU manufacturers. The Sr. Engine Fleet Manager will also support technical review of new additions to the fleets. The Sr. Engine Fleet Manager will apply deep technical understanding of engines and APU’s to develop maintenance strategies that reduce cost, improve reliability and deliver on customer promise of lowest delivery costs. The Sr. Engine Fleet Manager will be the FAST PP subject matter expert supporting engine troubleshooting for their assigned fleets.
Key job responsibilities
- Responsible for overall engine maintenance initiatives (ADs, SBs, SILs and fleet campaigns), utilizing technical knowledge/experience in the best interest of the fleet, and managed the full life cycle of the fleet
- Influence maintenance providers with tactical and strategic initiatives to improve fleet level reliability performance and troubleshooting complex aircraft maintenance defects to ensure aircraft availability, increased Time on wing (TOW), and reduce unplanned engine removals (UER)
- Leverage deep subject matter expertise in engine systems, design, and maintenance to develop and implement technical roadmaps for improved fleet reliability
- Focus on strategic operational decisions to drive increased technical fleet reliability, consistently weighing business decisions against technical and operational requirements
- Drive engine build reliability by using reliability program data and indexing to drive continuous improvements in MRO processes and workscoping content
- Effectively manage “in-service” carrier relationships – liaison with carriers to optimize in-service technical performance of the product
- Develop, manage, and deliver engine/APU performance metrics, organize/chair technical reviews
- Maintain technical product line proficiency through continuous education
- Accountable for being a subject matter expert for assigned engine/APU fleets
- Travel domestically up to 10% - 20% annually
Qualifications
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 5+ years of experience with developing maintenance workscopes for engines/APU’s at a leasing, aftermarket, airline, OEM or MRO developing and implementing engine technical improvement initiatives
- Deep Life Limited Parts (LLP) maintenance expertise including FAA/EASA certification and documentation requirements for LLP’s
- Experience reading and interpreting technical drawings, maintenance manuals and other technical data
Extended Qualifications
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Master's Degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline from an accredited university
- 10+ years of experience with large category aircraft maintenance, reliability, engineering or fleet management programs
- 10+ years of experience in Airline Powerplant or OEM Engineering teams or Engine Product Support Teams
- Airline operational leadership experience with a 14CFR 121 or 135 operator in line maintenance, heavy maintenance or maintenance control
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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