Software Manager Antenna, Amazon Leo

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast affordable broadband to a wide range of customers including consumers businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

We are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead the software team that builds the frameworks tools and data systems used to test calibrate validate and monitor our phased array antennas and RF communication systems at scale. Your team will sit at the intersection of hardware embedded systems and cloud-scale software and will directly impact the performance of antennas and terminals deployed on satellites and at customer sites.

You will hire and develop a team of software and systems development engineers that build automation for performance testing and calibration run large-scale data and ML pipelines and deliver tools that make it easy for RF antenna EMI/EMC and validation engineers to understand and improve system performance.

Key job responsibilities
- Own the software roadmap for calibration validation and system performance tools across phased array systems RF communications and customer/satellite terminals.
- Build and lead a team of Software Development Engineers and Systems Development Engineers; set goals define growth plans and maintain a high engineering bar for design code quality and operations.
- Architect and deliver software frameworks that automate performance testing and calibration of phased array antenna systems from lab benches and chambers to manufacturing and field deployments.
- Partner with phased array design RF communications EMI/EMC and calibration/validation teams to translate system requirements and link budgets into concrete software and data problems including KPIs acceptance criteria and automated checks.
- Lead the design of data ingestion storage and analytics pipelines that collect results from test racks chambers and deployed terminals enabling deep analysis dashboards and visualizations of array and RF performance.
- Collaborate closely with data/ML and system engineers to embed anomaly detection fleet-wide monitoring and ML-based diagnostics into calibration and validation workflows.
- Ensure your team delivers reliable secure and scalable services by driving best practices in SDLC CI/CD testing observability and operations including on-premise and AWS-based solutions.
- Work hands-on with hardware when needed from instrument control APIs to test rack integration to make sure software solutions align with real-world constraints in the lab and on the factory floor.
- Represent the team in roadmap planning and status reviews communicating trade-offs dependencies and risks to partner teams and leadership.

You are comfortable with ambiguity enjoy building in a space where the problem has never been solved at this scale before and can balance technical depth with people leadership and delivery.

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.

A day in the life
This Software Development Manager role is part of the Phased Array Systems organization for Amazon Leo. Our broader org owns:

- Phased array systems: system-level architecture and performance of digital phased arrays and RF chains
- Phased array design: element aperture and module design across space and ground segments
- EMI/EMC: electromagnetic compatibility for payloads terminals and supporting electronics
- RF communications systems: link design modem/waveform integration and end-to-end RF performance
- Calibration & validation: algorithms test systems and field validation for antennas and RF systems

The software team you will lead builds the software backbone that ties these groups together. We own the tools that test calibrate and validate antenna and RF performance from early prototypes through mass production and deployment. We work directly with antennas RF front-ends chambers test racks and fleet telemetry operating at the intersection of RF hardware software automation and large-scale system integration.

We leverage AWS and scalable software architectures to accelerate development automate validation and deliver reliable test systems used across Leo. If you want to see your teams software directly affect the performance of real hardware in orbit and in customers homes this is the place to do it.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

- Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.