Senior Technical Program Manager, Satellite Mechanics

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

Job summary

Amazon Leo seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager with hands-on mechanical systems experience to architect and lead the Leo satellite hardware and software programs. You will drive end-to-end planning, align hardware, software, and manufacturing teams, and manage risks in an agile setting.

You will collaborate with global teams to ensure on-time delivery, manage trade-offs, and communicate plans to executives while upholding export controls and program governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience.
• Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project planning and execution for Leo satellite mechanical hardware and software across the full development lifecycle (requirements, development, validation) in an agile environment.
• Ensure programs meet schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Leo satellite mechanical hardware teams; lead technical discussions, manage trade-offs, track/report status, navigate ambiguity, and identify and mitigate programmatic risks with internal and external partners.
• Coordinate cross-functional deliverables across hardware, software, and manufacturing teams.
• Communicate program plans, status, and critical issues clearly to executive leadership; escalate and drive urgent issues to timely closure; lead postmortem reviews and implement continuous improvement actions.
• Align design teams to program milestones and convene the right technical expertise to unblock issues.
• Support vendor management and delivery tracking.

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical program management

Project management

Systems engineering

Agile development

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Amazon Leo seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager with hands-on mechanical systems experience to architect and lead the Leo satellite hardware and software programs. You will drive end-to-end planning, align hardware, software, and manufacturing teams, and manage risks in an agile setting.

You will collaborate with global teams to ensure on-time delivery, manage trade-offs, and communicate plans to executives while upholding export controls and program governance.