Sr. Technical Program Manager, Leo , Builder Operation and Test Simulations Team

About the role

Project Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to drive programs across Builder Operations, data plane platform, and infrastructure services — Leo's Build and Test systems serving over 6,000 developers and downstream engineering internal services to develop, build, download, and release.

In this role, you will own delivery of programs spanning infrastructure adoption, de-dataplane, service compliance and security, customer feedback, and roadmap planning. You will work closely with leadership to share regular progress on key projects. This is an individual contributor role with broad cross-organizational influence. You will partner closely with embedded software engineers, cloud service developers, and test automation teams to deliver a platform that satellite software teams depend on daily. Your technical depth, program management fundamentals, and ability to influence without authority will enable you to drive alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of programs spanning infrastructure adoption, de-dataplane, service compliance and security, customer feedback, and roadmap planning
• Share regular progress on key projects with leadership
• Partner with embedded software engineers, cloud service developers, and test automation teams
• Drive alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality through technical depth, program management fundamentals, and influence without authority

Requirements

• 3+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining and executing program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• 5+ years of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, or AWS Professional level certification
• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux operating system, embedded systems, consumer devices, or mobile apps
• Experience with AWS Services including EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS
• Experience building launch readiness frameworks, standard work, playbooks, and scalable deployment mechanisms across multiple concurrent sites, or experience in reliability/maintenance environments
• Experience in software-testing techniques (like equivalence class partitioning) and software testing life cycle
• Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
• Familiarity with satellite systems, flight software, or aerospace development environments
• Track record of building mechanisms that improved cross-team coordination and reduced recurring operational failures

Pay

Base salary range: $148,700 – $201,200 USD annually (Redmond, WA). Package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Supplemental life plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave

Employer: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC. Job ID: A10583523.