Senior Certification Aviation Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

10h

About The Position

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.

Amazon Leo Customer Terminal Engineering is looking for an individual who will
lead our Aviation Certification organization. This is a critical role ensuring
Amazon Leo's first aviation terminals meet applicable certification regulations
on a first-generation product. As a Senior Certification Aviation Engineer, you
will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to conceive, design and
develop innovative phased array antenna terminals for aviation applications. You
must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative
peer environment.

Leading and managing the certification aspects for the aviation products with
our certification and OEM partners. Working closely with the internal
engineering groups to find compliance, resolve issues and find solutions for
complex certification situations. Ensure the certification program plans are
managed to meet customer deliveries for our largest airline customers.

Amazon Leo is one of the first in the world LEO satellite constellations
providing affordable broadband access across the world. This team is comprised
of industry leading experts in diverse fields aligned to the mission to serve
the under or not served adequately populations across the world.

Requirements

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• 5+ years of managing complex technology projects working directly with engineering teams
• 7+ years in an aviation regulatory and/or compliance role (DO160, FAR P21/P145, OEM Boeing/Airbus)
• 5+ years of leading high performing, technologically savvy teams
• Experience leading and defining requirements and driving these across diverse organizations
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related, or equivalent work experience
• 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

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• 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
• 8+ Experience in Aviation Electronics Program Management
• Well-rounded experiences in relevant industries with a holistic view and keen business acumen
• Proven track record of complex and creative problem solving and the desire to create new processes or simplify and improve on current ones
• Proven ability to influence others, facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests, and executive communications
• Keen eye for details, intuitive, ability to look around the corner and thrive in ambiguous situation
• Masters’ or PhD degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or equivalent work experience
• Excellent analytical and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Deliver results on complex projects involving cross functional teams across the company
• Subject matter expert on all certification for Leo's aviation product development.
• Work with stakeholders to define requirements and product definition designed to meet aviation certification requirements
• Contribute to and influence new product design and architecture
• Understand current system capabilities and limitations and how this impacts certification
• Problem solve and explore solutions to current processes and systems
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to deliver a quality product on time and at cost
• Drive continuous improvement
• Flawless execution in delivery of documents and systems to meet and exceed our partner teams timelines.

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