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Senior Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

san diego, CA

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Senior Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

Senior Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

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Description

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve 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.

Description

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve 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 Project Kuiper team is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager with experience in aerospace/satellite communications/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 Satellite Payload and Data Plane 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 Satellite Payload and Data Plane 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.

Aggregate and convert technical specifications for Kuiper's Satellite Payload and Data Plane software systems

Establish mechanisms to manage scrums, tasks, budgets, dashboards, schedule and overall delivery for the Satellite Payload and Data Plane software

Map HW / SW co-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 Kuiper’s 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 Kuiper's Satellite Payload system and Data Plane, and their integration with rest of Kuiper 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.

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's 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.

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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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 you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Company - Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID: A

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Management

Industries

Software Development

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