ASIC Sustaining Engineering Manager, 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.

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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.

The Amazon Leo Supply Chain team is looking for a ASIC Sustaining Engineering Manager Lead offshore sustain engineers by providing KPI technical training and
motivation. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record building trust-based relationships while maintaining urgency and accountability. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will also be an advantage.


Key job responsibilities
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Relationship Management
Partner with NPI and OSAT teams to establish clear work models ownership and expectations
Build trust-based relationships with OSAT while maintaining urgency and accountability
Collaborate with NPI engineers on test issue debugging while prioritizing production needs
Production Operations & Issue Management
Manage SW/HW consignment to OSAT and respond to daily production issues (yield QA failures line downtime data issues logistics)
Determine whether issues require local resolution or NPI escalation
Establish and maintain JIRA workflows that enable priority-setting in dynamic situations
Quality & Yield Optimization
Proactively identify quality concerns from OSAT reports and site visits (repetitive failures abnormal behavior changes)
Highlight yield improvement opportunities and drive continuous improvement initiatives
Monitor production metrics and alert stakeholders to deviations from targets
Cost Reduction & Efficiency
Support NPI cost reduction campaigns (test time reduction multi-site testing hardware simplification)
Identify and eliminate cost adders redundant work and material waste
Improve throughput and resource utilization
Supplier Management & Scaling
Define capacity scaling criteria for OSAT partners
Evaluate and qualify new OSAT sources using defined metrics execution plans and correlation reports
Data & Analytics
Leverage internal production monitoring systems to query real-time yield data and consignment status across multiple OSAT sites
Implement automated alerts using AI tools to notify stakeholders of missed targets


- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 7 years of ASIC implementation synthesis STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience

- Masters degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience in RTL coding and debug as well as performance power area analysis and trade-offs
- Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
- Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Sunnyvale - 183000.00 - 247600.00 USD annually