Senior Manager, Bus Mechanical Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons 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.

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The Senior Manager Bus Mechanical Engineering is responsible for the mechanical realization of the Amazon Leo satellite bus across its full lifecycle - from architecture and design through qualification production and launch operations.

This role leads multiple mechanical verticals including bus structures avionics mechanical harness engineering launch support and vehicle design and ensures they operate as an integrated system. The Senior Manager provides single-threaded ownership for mechanical tradeoffs interface management and execution across concurrent vehicle configurations balancing technical rigor producibility schedule and mission risk.

This role manages frontline engineering managers partners closely with peer electrical thermal and production organizations and serves as the primary mechanical authority in system-level decision forums.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead and develop a manager-of-managers organization spanning structures avionics mechanical harnessing launch support and vehicle design

- Own mechanical architecture integration strategy and cross-vertical trade decisions at the satellite bus level

- Serve as the single mechanical interface to peer electrical thermal structural analysis manufacturing NPI and production organizations

- Ensure mechanical designs scale effectively into qualification and high-rate production with consistent quality and configuration control

- Own mechanical readiness across development production integration transport and launch operations

- Resolve complex high-judgment technical and organizational tradeoffs with lasting vehicle and program impact

- Establish integration standards escalation paths and decision frameworks to reduce late-stage risk and execution churn

- Drive headcount planning skill mix and long-range staffing strategy across multiple job families

- Represent bus mechanical engineering in senior leadership reviews system forums and milestone readiness assessments

A day in the life
In this role you balance system-level decision making with organizational leadership. Your day may include reviewing cross-discipline tradeoffs with electrical and thermal peers aligning managers on priorities across multiple vehicle configurations and resolving integration or production issues that span teams. You participate in system and readiness reviews guide escalation on high-risk mechanical decisions and partner with production and launch teams to ensure execution remains aligned with mission goals. Throughout the day you coach managers set technical direction and ensure the organization is operating as a cohesive execution-focused system.

About the team
The Bus Mechanical Engineering team is responsible for translating satellite architecture into a qualified producible and launch-ready vehicle. The organization spans structures avionics mechanical harnessing launch support and vehicle design working closely with electrical thermal manufacturing and operations partners. The team operates in a fast-paced environment with multiple vehicle variants in parallel emphasizing strong integration disciplined decision-making and ownership of outcomes. Collaboration accountability and a focus on mission success are core to how the team works.

- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Manufacturing Engineering or an equivalent field
- 10 years of hardware engineering experience
- 5 years of people management managing engineers experience
- Demonstrated experience owning mechanical system integration across multiple subsystems (e.g. structures avionics packaging harnessing launch or operational interfaces)
- Proven track record of leading hardware through full lifecycle phases including design qualification production and operational readiness
- Experience making high-judgment technical and organizational decisions with program-level impact on cost schedule and mission risk
- Strong cross-functional leadership experience partnering with electrical thermal manufacturing quality and operations organizations

- Masters degree in mechanical engineering electrical engineering material science physics or equivalent
- Experience supporting high-rate production of complex hardware systems with multiple concurrent configurations or block upgrades
- Experience leading manager-of-managers organizations in a technical environment
- Background in launch vehicle integration satellite deployment systems or launch operations
- Familiarity with structural dynamic and environmental qualification standards for space hardware
- Experience operating in large matrixed engineering organizations with multiple peer senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to scale engineering organizations through growth change or rapid program evolution

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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 WA Redmond - 179700.00 - 243100.00 USD annually