Senior Technical Program Manager - ASIC, Amazon Leo

Amazon; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for the LEO initiative, focusing on complex ASIC/SOC development across pre- and post-silicon phases for satellites and ground equipment. The role interfaces with cross-functional engineering and program management teams to deliver high-performance, reliable ASIC/SOC solutions.

Responsibilities include creating project execution plans, defining bring-up readiness, and ensuring schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 3+ years of ASIC development experience (RTL, Verification, Validation, or Product/Test Engineering).
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
• 7+ years of working directly with ASIC engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project execution plans for ASIC/SOC development considering all criteria to design products that meet power/performance and functional specs for all use conditions.
• Define ASIC bring-up readiness and test plans with ASIC, communication system, EE, and software teams.
• Ensure ASIC/SOC development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements in collaboration with product/program management.
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-off recommendations, track status, resolve blocking issues.
• Coordinate with Architecture, hardware, software, firmware, packaging and PCB teams to track cross-functional deliverables.

Skills

ASIC development

RTL

Verification

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

FPGA prototyping

Emulation

Physical design

Job description

Description

Amazon 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. Amazon LEO 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 Amazon LEO team is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager with experience in complex ASIC/SOC development of managing various phases of pre-silicon such as architecture, front end design, pre-silicon verification, FPGA prototyping, Emulation, Physical design, BROM, FW, substrate and package design, Tapeout; and post-silicon phases such as silicon manufacturing with foundry and OSAT, silicon bring-up, functional and system validation, embedded FW/SW, ATE, Reliability, Qual, and NPI. The role will interface with cross-functional engineering and program/product management teams to develop ASIC/SOC solutions that will go into satellites and ground equipment/terminals. Join us and make a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering leaders (ASIC/SOC leads) to create project execution plans for ASIC/SOC development considering all criteria to design products the meet the power/performance and functional specs for all use conditions.
• Work with ASIC, communication system, EE, and software teams to define ASIC bring-up readiness and test plans.
• Work with product/program management lead to ensure that ASIC/SOC development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-off recommendations, understand the technical challenges, enable solutions, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
• Collaborate with Architecture, hardware, software, firmware, packaging and PCB teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked.
• Work with external IP, Fabs, OSAT silicon services and partners to complete the execution of projects in time.

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

You must be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, SOC/IP design methodologies and techniques for all phases of the project life-cycle and exhibit demonstrated proficiency in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality and risk management, reporting and metric development/tracking. In addition, the candidate needs to drive ASIC bring-up readiness (HW/SW) and ASIC bring-up plan. Lastly, the candidate should have the experience of working through the various design phases of Silicon development from architecture definition, RTL design, Verification, IP design, Physical design, silicon bring up, test, characterization, quality, reliability and post silicon management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of ASIC development experience (RTL, Verification, Validation, or Product/Test Engineering)
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules
• 7+ years of working directly with ASIC engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Diego - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID: A10576290