Lead Drone Delivery TPM: Hardware-Software Sync

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Prime Air is hiring a Principal TPM to oversee hardware and software integration for ultra-fast drone delivery operations. You will drive cross-functional alignment, manage integrated schedules, and ensure hardware and software deliverables converge on time for flight-test milestones.

Your ability to coordinate with hardware engineering, software teams, and leadership across levels will be critical to success in this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Hardware & Software Coordination - Serve as the integration point between hardware engineering and software development teams, ensuring dependencies are identified, tracked, and resolved. Maintain a unified program schedule that reflects both HW and SW critical paths.
• Schedule & Critical-Path Management - Maintain the integrated master schedule, identify critical-path risks, and drive mitigation actions. Provide regular status to leadership with clear escalation of schedule threats.
• Cross-Functional Integration - Facilitate program-level mechanisms (status reviews, design reviews, TRBs) to maintain alignment across disciplines.
• Risk & Issue Management - Proactively surface risks, coordinate tiger-team responses, and track issues to closure. Ensure trade‑off decisions are made with full visibility to cost, schedule, and technical impact.
• Stakeholder Communication - Deliver concise, decision‑ready program updates to senior leadership. Represent the program in reviews and ensure commitments are clearly documented and tracked.

Skills

Technical product management

Program management

Engineering collaboration

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Amazon Prime Air is hiring a Principal TPM to oversee hardware and software integration for ultra-fast drone delivery operations. You will drive cross-functional alignment, manage integrated schedules, and ensure hardware and software deliverables converge on time for flight-test milestones.

Your ability to coordinate with hardware engineering, software teams, and leadership across levels will be critical to success in this role.