Sr Technical Program Manager, Satellite Production Test, 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.

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.

Key job responsibilities
The Sr Technical Program Manager for Satellite Production Test role is fundamental to Amazon Leos production scaling objectives. You will:
- 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

A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative requiring partnerships with cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. You will:

- 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

About the team
The Operations Command Center (OCC) team is the Amazon Leo Production Operations Integrated program management function that enables successful production scaling. The vision of OCC team is to enable success of end-to-end Amazon Leo operations team by proactively developing systems processes mechanisms and tools that are required to detect issues expose root cause validate improvements maintain controls and drive operational rhythms.

- Bachelors 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 program strategy end-to-end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience leading large-scale hardware/software test operations automation initiatives or manufacturing systems with demonstrated success in improving throughput and quality

- Masters degree in Engineering (any domain)
- Experience working in fast paced environments and managing workload even during times of stress or escalated activity
- Experience managing technical/engineering teams in an operations environment
- Experience with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline implementation
- Experience in test engineering and/or working in aerospace or aviation industry
- Experience running game days in preparation for large deployments

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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 BELLEVUE - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually