Technical Program Manager, Software & Networking

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to
serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools,
hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in
locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

This role will support the Leo Software & Networking Satellite labs team. They
will own the plan to both develop and manage new new testbeds while ensuring
high quality venue operation.

This is a highly technical and cross functional role requiring experience with
integrated hardware, software, RF as well as appreciation for complex
applications. You will have significant influence over the design and the test
approach we take to develop and test the system. Ensure the teams deliverables
are on track, escalate when needed, manage lab MBRs, represent the team tasks in
daily director standup meetings.

This position requires a program management background and direct experience
developing relevant systems. You will create and drive high-level strategic
initiatives, but will also roll up your sleeves and contribute directly. A TPM
anticipates bottlenecks, uses great judgment to make trade-offs, and balances
the business needs with technical constraints. Your ability to understand the
big picture of the project design and anticipate and plan dependencies is
crucial. Your ability to take large, complex projects, break them into
manageable pieces, and deliver timely results is invaluable.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 2+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
• Experience in system-level integration - Audio, Power, Battery management, RF, ESD, or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage technical requirements for test, verification and harness of complex systems
• Decompose technical requirements for test into software and hardware requirements aligned with development, manufacturing and verification test strategy.
• Identify and manage the conduct of trade studies and analyses necessary to define automated test station hardware and software requirements.
• Identify and manage the development of automated test equipment test hardware and software.
• Manage a large number of dependencies across many engineering disciplines to ensure that development schedules are met.
• Develop program and team processes and tools, as required

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level