Sr Technical Program Manager, Satellite Production Test, Amazon Leo

Amazon.com, Inc.•Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

Amazon 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 be instrumental in scaling our satellite production and test operations through process improvements, test automation, and operational excellence initiatives. You will drive the implementation of efficient test strategies that maintain aerospace quality standards while enabling high-volume production. To deliver these complex solutions, you will partner with peers across all Amazon Leo teams, including hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, and test engineering. Candidate superpowers should include ownership, insist on high standards, continuous improvement, stakeholder management, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
6+ years of technical product or program management experience
6+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
Experience owning cross-functional program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership (up to VP level)
Experience leading large-scale hardware/software test operations, automation initiatives, or manufacturing systems, with demonstrated success in improving throughput and quality

Nice To Haves

Masters degree in engineering (aerospace, aviation, computer science, electrical, electronics)
Experience in test engineering and/or working in aerospace or aviation industry
Experience running game days in preparation for large deployments
High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
Experience leading an operational team or organization (manufacturing, fulfillment) to increase throughput and/or drive operational excellence
Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines.
High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals.
Experience owning cross-functional program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership (up to VP level)

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of scalable test strategies across environmental, functional, and integration testing
Drive test automation initiatives to improve throughput while maintaining quality standards
Establish and manage efficient software change control and deployment processes for test systems
Lead game days to ensure robustness of test operations during system updates and changes
Partner with engineering teams to optimize test sequences and reduce cycle time
Implement data-driven approaches to identify and resolve bottlenecks in the test process
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the production test environment
Manage cross-functional projects to improve satellite integration, testing, and provisioning processes
Create and maintain metrics to track test effectiveness, efficiency, and production readiness
Work with test engineering teams to scale automated test capabilities
Partner with manufacturing teams to optimize test flows and improve production rate
Collaborate with software teams to implement robust test system updates
Lead operational excellence initiatives to improve overall production efficiency
Drive resolution of complex technical and operational challenges
Manage stakeholder relationships across engineering, operations, and leadership teams