Sr. TPM MES, Amazon Leo, Manufacturing Execution Systems

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); 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 Leo is seeking a Sr. MES Technical Program Manager to lead MES system development, integration, and optimization across satellite production.

You will work with hardware, software, supply chain, manufacturing, and launch teams to ensure MES enables end-to-end production excellence. The role requires strong ownership, high standards, stakeholder management, and the ability to create clarity in ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years working directly with engineering teams.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's and reporting to senior leadership.
• Experience with MES or similar production/manufacturing software platforms.
• Familiarity with hardware integration and aerospace manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Own the MES roadmap across production value streams delivering end-to-end system capabilities for sourcing, building, testing, and integrating satellites.
• Link MES roadmap to annual goals; create data models; own tools to measure and optimize MES value streams.
• Drive daily execution across supply chain, planning, fulfillment, and production to enable MES-enabled operations excellence.
• Represent MES roadmap in technical tradeoffs related to speed, manufacturability, cost, stability, and trust.
• Translate strategic goals into actionable MES project plans and system operations initiatives.
• Identify dependencies between MES projects; synchronize milestones and unblock roadmap delivery.
• Develop and own operating rhythms for MES programs and production operations teams (WBRs/MBRs/QBRs).
• Identify MES deployment risks; develop mitigation and recovery plans.

Skills

Technical PM experience

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Data modeling

Tools

MES software

Data modeling

Job description

Sr. TPM MES, Amazon Leo, Manufacturing Execution Systems

Job ID: 10502458 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

To deliver these complex solutions, as the Sr MES Technical Program Manager you will partner with peers across all Leo teams, including hardware, software, supply chain, manufacturing, launch, facilities, finance, compliance, and HR.

This role includes direct responsibility for program management of MES system-level development, integration, and optimization across the production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems, data analytics, data modeling, integrated hardware and software, as well as appreciation for complex manufacturing applications and shop floor control systems.

Candidate superpowers should include ownership, insist on high standards, stakeholder management, influencing without authority, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the MES roadmap across production value streams that delivers the end-to-end system capabilities necessary to support sourcing, building, testing, and integrating satellites.


• Establish the linkage between the MES roadmap and annual goals & objectives, creating data models, owning tools and mechanisms to measure, monitor, and optimize MES-supported value streams.


• Drive daily execution working across supply chain, planning, fulfillment, and production teams to ensure MES systems are enabling operational excellence.


• Represent the overall MES roadmap in assessing technical trades related to innovation, speed, manufacturability, cost, stability, and trust.


• Translate strategic goals into actionable MES project plans and system operations initiatives.


• Understand dependencies between MES roadmap projects, synchronize milestones, identify constraints, and dive deep where necessary to unblock and deliver the roadmap.


• Develop and own operational rhythms (WBRs, MBRs, QBRs) for MES programs and production operations teams.


• Identify potential risks in MES deployments and manufacturing processes; develop mitigation strategies and recovery plans.


• Execute a strategic plan that defines how teams will deliver on forward-looking MES capabilities aligned to production rate ramp plans.

A day in the life

This role supports MES capabilities for satellite production. You'll partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive system execution, process optimization, and roadmap development. Daily work balances strategic planning—tech feasibility assessments, system upgrades with hands‑on project oversight and cross-team coordination. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential for engaging production teams, software developers, manufacturing engineers, and vendors. You must advocate for customers, push back constructively, and thrive in ambiguity. Expect novel challenges, collaboration with multiple technical teams, and the opportunity to make a positive impact at scale.

About the team

Project Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The MES team enables production operations by delivering and maintaining the manufacturing execution systems that support planning, manufacturing, integration, and test of the production value stream.

This is a highly technical role requiring experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and complex manufacturing applications. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action, ownership, insist on high standards, stakeholder management, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration across different organizations.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience


• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience


• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

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


• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) or similar production/manufacturing software platforms


• Familiarity with hardware integration, test systems, or aerospace/satellite manufacturing

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

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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 .

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, WA, Bellevue - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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