Amazon
Maintenance Engineer , Launch Operations
$77K–$115K
Kennedy Space Center, FL · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in a specified engineering role in manufacturing; 3+ years of maintenance or engineering; 3+ years in refrigeration. An associate's technical degree or 2+ years of specified Amazon RME experience is an alternative to the bachelor's degree requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree; alternatively, an associate's degree in a technical field or 2+ years of Amazon RME BB/3P Full Time Exempt experience.
About the job
Installs, commissions, troubleshoots, and maintains industrial equipment in a clean-room payload processing facility, supporting launch operations from startup through production.
What you'll do
- Install, commission, bring up, and troubleshoot custom industrial equipment and machinery.
- Perform preventive and breakdown maintenance, including maintaining the preventive maintenance program.
- Work with engineering, production, and launch teams to support launch readiness and ongoing operations.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of industrial, operations, manufacturing, or project engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of maintenance or engineering experience and 3+ years of refrigeration industry experience.
- Bachelor's degree; alternatively, an associate's degree in a technical field or 2+ years of Amazon RME BB/3P Full Time Exempt experience.
- Flexible schedule, including weekends, nights, and holidays; experience in MHE or automation, or reliability/maintenance environments; and experience leading cross-functional teams through launch readiness and go-live.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of commercial CO2 refrigeration applications experience; Refrigeration Trade School certificate.
- Intermediate AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL; RCM knowledge; or experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, vendors, or launch deployments.
Pay
76,600.00–114,900.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AutoCAD, VBA, SQL, MHE, RCM, OEE
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