Sr. Manager, Software Development, Amazon Leo for Government (ALG)

About the role

Amazon Leo for Government (ALG) within Amazon Leo is developing secure, high-performance satellite communications technologies that support U.S. National and International security and defense.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams (manager of managers) of firmware, embedded systems and services software engineers.
• Manage and develop employees, including hiring, retention, performance management, mentoring and capability/skill development.
• Work with peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems and interfaces to fulfill the government customer use cases.
• Collaborate with peer teams to integrate various system elements, both hardware and software.

About the team

ALG Software organization architects, designs, develops, delivers, and operates software for ALG products and services that span across Space and Ground segments of the Amazon Leo system. The team is responsible for embedded software running on ALG developed RF, Optical, and Networking device endpoints connected to the Amazon Leo system, and services software running on AWS cloud.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
• 10+ years of embedded software development experience with proven expertise in mission-critical systems development, specifically satellite or ground based communication/networking systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Experience in Networking/Wireless Communication Systems or RF engineering
• Experience leading teams in aerospace or other safety critical industry
• Experience establishing metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence