Satellite Integration & Test TPM, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper 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. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

The Senior Technical Program Manager for Kuiper will manage requirements, define the system-level interfaces and organize technical efforts for the satellite assembly integration and test (AI&T). This role will work with the satellite AI&T team and all other related cross-cutting workstreams to enable successful integration, build and testing of Satellites. This role includes direct responsibility for program and project management of system-level developments with focus on multiple functionality Software deliverables, test plans and test validation at Satellite level. This is a technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software development/testing as well as some appreciation for complex applications. You will have significant influence over the design and the approach we take to develop the test systems, Satellite level tests and final delivery.

You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

This position requires a program management background and direct 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.

A Senior TPM anticipates bottlenecks, uses great judgment to make trade-offs, dives deep technically and balances the business needs with technical constraints. Your ability to understand the big picture of the project design and anticipate and plan dependencies is crucial. Your ability to take large, complex projects, break them into manageable pieces, and deliver timely results is invaluable. You will work with a team of experts and drive the team to successfully accomplish the following activities:

- Drive complex cross-functional engineering inclusive of hardware, software, systems, tests, evaluation and reporting
- Define the subset of software features required to execute each test campaign
- Develop and manage technical requirements and interfaces that to system level requirements.
- Develop test approaches, requirements, strategies.
- Complex dependency management of hardware, software, test deliverables.
- Identify and manage the conduct of trade studies and analyses necessary to understanding performance and other aspects of the design.
- Identify and manage the development of simulations and other technical tools.
- Develop program and team mechanisms and tools as required.
- Provide a cross-cutting collaboration mechanism with data driven information through a light weight central TPM team, and deliverables meet Program Schedule
- Equip leadership with right data for quality decision making on blockers
- Satellite Production and Testing: cross functional visibility of schedule, milestones, dependencies, risk/issue, Actions & Decisions.
- LRUs/Satellite and SW Provisioning.
- Track Open Jira Issues, mitigate risks and reporting to leadership

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.

About the team
Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.