Wendi Kong
About Wendi Kong
Wendi Kong is a Manufacturing Engineer currently working at Amazon and BLUE ORIGIN, with a background in materials science and chemical engineering from MIT.
Current Role at Amazon
Wendi Kong currently serves as a Space Hardware Manufacturing Engineer at Amazon. Based in Redmond, Washington, she has been with the company since 2022. In her role, she focuses on manufacturing engineering tasks related to space hardware projects. Her duties involve improving manufacturing processes and ensuring the hardware meets rigorous quality standards.
Current Role at Blue Origin
Wendi Kong also holds a position as a Manufacturing Engineer at Blue Origin, starting in 2020. Located in Kent, Washington, she works on various projects related to space hardware. Her responsibilities include process improvement and providing shop floor support to enhance manufacturing efficiency and product quality.
Previous Work at Northrop Grumman
Wendi Kong spent several years at Northrop Grumman in different roles. She worked as a Manufacturing Engineer in Lexington Park, Maryland for six months in 2020. Prior to this, she spent a year from 2019 to 2020 as an F-35 Manufacturing Engineer and two years from 2017 to 2019 as a Materials and Process Engineer for the F-35 program in El Segundo, California.
Educational Background
Wendi Kong completed her education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she studied Materials Science and Chemical Engineering from 2013 to 2017. During her time at MIT, she was involved in various research projects and internships, contributing to her expertise in hardware and materials testing and qualification.
Internships and Early Career Experience
Wendi Kong's early career includes various internships across different sectors. She worked as a Nanocomposites Intern at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal in 2015 and as an R&D Intern at 3M in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2016. Additionally, she held positions at MIT's Energy Initiative and Department of Materials Science and Engineering as an Undergraduate Researcher.