Sr Technical Program Manager, Production Test, Kuiper Operations Program Management

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.

This role will be focused on developing and implementing a comprehensive test strategy that ensures sufficient testing capacity and scalability to meet the program's production demands. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, test, manufacturing, quality, and others, to align on testing requirements, processes, and capacity planning.


Key job responsibilities
This role will involve driving the execution of Kuiper’s manufacturing test systems to establish efficient and scalable testing processes. You will be responsible for ensuring that the testing infrastructure and resources are capable of supporting the program's ambitious production targets while maintaining high standards.

This role will require you to demonstrate a deep understanding of the interplay between manufacturing processes, testing operations, and capacity planning. You will exhibit ownership and strategic thinking, developing innovative solutions to address capacity constraints and bottlenecks, and drive stakeholder alignment within the Kuiper Satellite program.. Effective stakeholder management will be crucial, as you will be responsible for ensuring clear communication, alignment, and productive collaboration across teams.

You have a strong background in production testing, manufacturing processes, and capacity planning. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, creating clarity and driving strategic solutions to complex capacity and scalability challenges. You will continuously evaluate and optimize testing methodologies, leveraging data-driven insights, automation, and industry best practices to improve efficiency and throughput.

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.


A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative, requiring partnerships with cross-functional leaders to drive positive results. This role requires ability to advocate on behalf of our customers (internal and external) and an ability to push back without being adversarial.

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.

About the team
The Operations Command Center (OCC) team is the Kuiper Production Operations Integrated program management function that enables successful production scaling. The vision of OCC team is to enable success of end-to-end Kuiper operations team by proactively developing systems, processes, mechanisms, and tools that are required to detect issues, expose root cause, validate improvements, maintain controls, and drive operational rhythms.