Senior Lab Infrastructure TPM for Software & Networking

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is building a high‑performance lab infrastructure to support satellite and ground‑system development. As Senior Technical Program Manager - Lab, Software & Networking, you will own the complete lifecycle of test venues from roadmap to execution, translating engineering requirements into scalable lab solutions and managing substantial capital budgets.

You’ll coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and facilities teams, drive capital planning, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams on program delivery.
• Experience with project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk management, and critical path management.
• Experience building processes and coordinating release schedules across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year roadmap and capital plan for software and networking test venues, including cost modeling, annual planning submissions, and prioritization of funded and unfunded requests across competing engineering teams.
• Lead planning and execution of expanded lab infrastructure—RF chambers, instrumentation, automated test racks, motion systems, tooling, and automation—from requirements through commissioning and handover.
• Decompose engineering test requirements into hardware, software, and facility requirements aligned to development, manufacturing, and verification test strategy.
• Drive alignment on lab priorities across hardware, software, network, and systems organizations through influence and collaboration, and escalate with clear recommendations when teams need support converging on decisions.
• Manage long‑lead‑time capital equipment procurement with external vendors, including specifications, statements of work, quotes, delivery schedules, and recovery plans.
• Partner with facilities, real estate, environmental health and safety, and construction teams on lab build‑outs, including power, cooling, structural loading, code compliance, and permitting.
• Manage intake and prioritization for new venue builds and upgrade requests, and communicate funding decisions and trade‑offs to engineering leadership.
• Lead cross-functional triage and resolution of test failures, infrastructure outages, and throughput bottlenecks that impact program milestones.
• Define and report key performance indicators for lab utilization, infrastructure health, request cycle time, and capital execution, and build dashboards that senior leadership uses for decision‑making.
• Direct the work of lab engineers and software engineers supporting venue builds and sustainment
• Operate within export‑controlled requirements for technical data, tooling, and vendor engagement

Skills

Technical product management

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is building a high‑performance lab infrastructure to support satellite and ground‑system development. As Senior Technical Program Manager - Lab, Software & Networking, you will own the complete lifecycle of test venues from roadmap to execution, translating engineering requirements into scalable lab solutions and managing substantial capital budgets.

You’ll coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and facilities teams, drive capital planning, and