Sr. TPM GNC

At Amazon were inventing on behalf of customers and with Amazon Leo were redefining what global connectivity looks like. Our mission is to deliver fast affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world through a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Every system we build helps connect people to education healthcare opportunity and each other.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC). In this role you will contribute to flight dynamics constellation and attitude control systems. Your TPM leadership will drive delivery of complex projects involving system architecture software satellite control and mission operations. Youll develop integrated plans drive execution and remove blockers to enable teams to deliver faster and with higher quality. Your ability to see around corners and proactively manage dependencies and risks will be critical to our success.

This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence. Youll drive alignment and execution leveraging your technical domain knowledge strong program management fundamentals and trusted partnerships.


Key job responsibilities
Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project plans for space hardware and software through the entire development life cycle requirements development to validation in an agile environment.
Drive engineering project execution make technical trade-offs and resolve blocking issues.
Develop structured risk management approaches maintaining a high bar of accountability across design and production teams to ensure program commitments are met.
Develop integrated schedules dependencies risks and tradeoffs in a high-speed high-complexity agile environment.
Apply understanding of concept of operations system budgets and lifecycle considerations for satellite constellation and GNC objectives.
Translate engineering concepts into executable plans. (hardware and software)
Drive cross-team alignment on ownership sequencing and delivery while adapting quickly as conditions change ensuring deliverables meet customer mission and program requirements..
Develop and manage technical requirements/validation approaches and interfaces that tie to system level requirements and the Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the system.
Maintain technical budgets for GNC components (mass power magnetics stability) ConOps and Constellation management.

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.

- Bachelors degree in engineering physics or equivalent
- 6 years of experience in technical program management roles technical lead role or project engineer role with significant experience integrating HW and SW into a complex system and including leadership of cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule
- Direct experience with HW and SW development including specification design build and qualification for aerospace hardware
- Experience with modern SW development methods for mission critical applications

- Masters degree in Physics Aerospace Engineering or related field - experience in GNC preferred
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with engineers business owners and senior business leaders written and verbally
- Strong time and task management skills with consistent attention to detail
- Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines
- Experience with the development or operation of space flight vehicles for GNC components ConOps and constellation management
- Experience with systems engineering of space systems
- Direct experience in lab test environments and flight testing
- Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (hardware firmware software algorithms) on time to scope with high quality
- Maturity judgment and proven ability to lead and influence others
- Independently driven resourceful and able to deliver results with minimal direction
- High sense of ownership urgency and drive

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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 - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually