Amazon

Sr. TPM - Satellite Integration & Test, Amazon Leo Technical Program Management

Amazon$148K — $201K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • 5+ years of direct experience with engineering teams
  • Experience managing cross-functional programs
  • Experience working with software engineering teams in a technical PM role
  • Experience defining KPIs/SLAs for significant business initiatives
  • Proven leadership skills in influencing senior stakeholders
  • Experience in space hardware environments and test engineering

Responsibilities

  • Drive complex satellite testing initiatives from concept to vehicle-level qualification
  • Define solutions balancing technical risks and business needs for vehicle qualification
  • Collaborate with engineers to address critical path issues in real-time
  • Develop integrated schedules and manage dependencies in an agile environment
  • Translate engineering concepts into actionable plans for product introductions
  • Drive alignment across teams on ownership and delivery timelines
  • Adapt quickly to changing conditions while meeting mission and program requirements

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program and Mental Health Support
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead satellite assembly, integration, and test programs. In this role, you will drive satellite-level tests from planning through execution, including: qualification schedules and dependencies, hardware and software deliverables, test case development, test readiness reviews, mechanical GSE support, test rack support, and venue logistics coordination. You will influence test design while managing work streams across internal and external teams, proactively addressing risks to the critical path, removing roadblocks through stakeholder coordination and escalation, and tracking actions to closure.

This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence. Your technical domain knowledge, program management fundamentals, and trusted partnerships will enable you to drive organizational alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality.

This position requires direct technical experience developing and testing relevant systems. You will create and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but will also roll up your sleeves and contribute directly in test strategy and execution.

Key job responsibilities

* Drive complex cross-functional satellite tests from concept through vehicle-level qualification, managing initiatives that span multiple engineering disciplines (electrical, software, reliability, dynamics, thermal, test, mechanical, manufacturing) and directly impact Leo's satellite constellation deployment.

* Drive the critical path for vehicle qualification, working to define solutions that balance technical risk with business needs of the program office, production operations, and launch operations.

* Work with engineers to understand technical issues impeding the critical path in real time, pull in the correct stakeholders for resolution, escalate blockers, and synthesize information into data for leadership consumption (overall status, help needed, and critical path impacts).

* Develop integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs in a high-speed, high-complexity, agile environment to deliver qualified hardware in time to meet business commitments.

* Apply understanding of concept of operations, system budgets, and lifecycle considerations for satellite tests and dependencies.

* Translate engineering concepts into executable plans (hardware and software), including new product introductions with DFM, manufacturing processes, test strategies, and automated test system development.

* Drive cross-team alignment on ownership, sequencing, and delivery while adapting quickly as conditions change, ensuring deliverables meet customer, mission and program requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience

- 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

- Experience in technical program management working directly with software engineering teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience

- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

- Experience influencing senior leaders/stakeholders

- Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product

- Experience owning and driving large-scale cross-functional programs

- Experience with space hardware in a design or manufacturing environment

- Experience in test engineering or systems engineering

- High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive

- Proven ability to deal effectively with ambiguity while leading in a high-speed, agile environment.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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