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Senior Technical Program Manager, Terrestrial Networking Team

Amazon


Job Location:

Austin, TX - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 148700 - 201200
Posted: 2 October 2026 (17 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 30 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other 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.

The Amazon Leo team is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager with experience in networking software project management and program management. The role will interface with cross-functional engineering and program/product management teams with primary focus on delivering top quality Terrestrial Networking Team Software. Join us and make a difference to people around the world.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project plans for Terrestrial Networking software development.
- Work with product/program management to ensure that development meets schedule cost and quality requirements.
- Drive engineering project execution make technical trade-offs track and report on status and resolve blocking issues.
- Collaborate with architecture hardware software firmware teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked.
- Establish mechanisms to manage scrums tasks budgets dashboards schedule and overall delivery for the Satellite Payload and Data Plane software
- Map dependencies and track accuracy of plans and technical developments for all major milestones



A day in the life
In this role you will build and scale Project Leos Satellite Payload and Data Plane software development programs. You are accountable for creating and working the complex multi-subsystem program plan for the development test and delivery of Leos Satellite Payload system and Data Plane and their integration with rest of Leo system for delivering an end-to-end network solution with an exceptional quality of experience for our customers.

About the team
The Team is responsible for Architecture design and delivering and end to end Networking systems for both constellation and ground as well as the services that utilize the network to delivery last mile and back-haul internet services.

- 8 years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- 3 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
- 3 years of software development experience

- Bachelors degree in engineering computer science or equivalent

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 - 171000.00 - 231400.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
USA WA Redmond - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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