Amazon
Director of Maintenance, Prime Air, Drone Delivery
$177K–$239K
Seattle, WA · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years managing maintenance operations.
About the job
Leads Prime Air’s maintenance program, ensuring continued airworthiness, regulatory compliance, safety, and efficient operations across multiple locations.
What you'll do
- Represent Prime Air to regulators and develop continued airworthiness programs for its UAS program.
- Lead the design, implementation, and harmonization of operational maintenance programs across the company.
- Establish maintenance standards and metrics, mitigate risks, and drive safety, scale, and efficiency improvements.
What they ask for
- Meet FAA eligibility requirements for a Part 135 Director of Maintenance under 14 CFR § 119.69.
- Thorough familiarity with maintenance regulatory guidelines in 14 CFR Part 43.
- FAA Airframe & Powerplant License.
- Knowledge of basic computer business applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook.
Nice to have
- Project management experience, including communication, planning, and documentation.
- Experience with foreign maintenance airworthiness guidelines (e.g. EASA continued airworthiness annex) or hardware and software configuration management techniques.
Pay
176,900.00 - 239,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook
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