Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (
TPM) to lead Satellite development, integration, and test. This role sits at the intersection of systems engineering, mechanical design, electrical design, software design, integration, and test contributing to the overall system architecture. The role owns complex programs that ultimately become part of the LEO satellite infrastructure powering global connectivity.
In this role, your
TPM leadership will drive delivery of complex projects across all engineering disciplines. You will develop integrated plans for satellite development, drive execution, work at the interfaces, and remove blockers to enable teams to deliver faster and with higher quality. Your ability to see around corners and proactively manage dependencies and risks will be critical to our success.
This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence. You’ll drive alignment and execution leveraging your technical domain knowledge, strong program management fundamentals, and trusted partnerships.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
• Own end-to-end Satellite programs from concept through production, managing initiatives that span multiple engineering disciplines and directly impact Leo's satellite constellation deployment.
• Partner closely with engineering driving engineering trades and technical solutions. (system, sub-system, and component level)
• Develop structured risk management approaches, maintaining a high bar of accountability across design and production teams to ensure program commitments are met.
• Develop integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs in a high-speed, high-complexity,
agile environment.
• Apply understanding of concept of operations, system budgets, electrical/mechanical/structural analysis, configuration management and change control, hw/sw interfaces/integration, and verification for mission-critical Satellite Design and Systems.
• Translate engineering concepts into executable plans.
• Ensure successful satellite integration and deliverables.
• Formulate plans with engineering and manufacturing for new product introductions including DFM, manufacturing processes, test strategies, and automated test system development.
• Drive cross-team alignment on ownership, sequencing, and delivery while adapting quickly as conditions change, ensuring deliverables meet customer, mission and program requirements.
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Ability to engage in technical discussions with engineering to reach optimum system level trades and drive technical solutions
- Proven track record managing complex programs at scale, including building execution plans, defining success metrics, mitigating risk, and driving
cross-functional alignment with interdisciplinary stakeholders
- Ability to regularly engage with senior stake holders and influence across the organization
- High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Proven ability to deal effectively with ambiguity while leading in a high-speed,
agile environment.
- Proven leadership skills to lead team(s) without direct authority
- Experience in static, dynamic and modal structural analysis via finite element methods
- Experience in CAD systems with appropriate geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Experience supporting development and qualification test campaigns of space/flight hardware
- Direct knowledge of requirements for launching spacecraft on launch vehicles
- Experience with manufacturing test strategies, test methods and automation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually