Technical Program Manager , Silicon Operations

Amazon; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo team seeks a Business Operations Manager to support relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, driving strategy and supplier performance. The role spans from NPI to sustaining ASIC programs, coordinating across Design, Test, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain, and delivering on sustaining KPIs.

The ideal candidate has a track record in strategy development, ambiguity navigation, and cross-functional leadership in a hardware/ASIC environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
• Extensive experience with ASIC implementation, digital design and RF layout.
• Strong experience in UVM, scripting, and post-silicon qualification.

Responsibilities

• Own the NPI-to-sustaining transition for ASIC programs, defining readiness criteria and driving cross-functional teams through ramp-up milestones.
• Lead dual-source qualification end-to-end with sample builds, reliability testing, and production validation to ensure supply resilience for sustaining ASICs.
• Navigate the silicon development lifecycle (RTL to production) and coordinate sustaining activities with revisions and ECOs.
• Align sustaining deliverables with device PDP gates and synchronize schedules with hardware TPMs across satellite and ground terminal programs.
• Drive KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD, cost), manage EOL planning, and conduct reviews with foundry and OSAT partners.
• Build scalable reporting cadences to provide executive visibility into sustaining programs.

Skills

ASIC implementation

Digital design

Full-custom analog/RF layout

Wireless communications systems

Automation frameworks for Post-Silicon

UVM, C, SystemC, scripting

Emulation

Python and Embedded C

Power management and multiple power-is

RF standards knowledge (4G/5G, 802.11,

RTL coding (Verilog/VHDL)

Agile, CI, Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

Master's degree or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Verilog/VHDL tooling

Job description

Description

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.

Amazon Leo team is looking for a Business Operations Manager to support business and engineering stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed to execute on Amazon Leo objectives. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and executing strategy, and managing supplier performance. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.

Key job responsibilities

Own the NPI-to-sustaining transition for ASIC programs, defining readiness criteria and driving cross-functional teams (Design, Test, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain) through program ramp-up milestones

Lead dual-source qualification end-to-end — manage sample builds, reliability testing, correlation analysis, and production validation to ensure supply resilience for all sustaining ASIC chips

Navigate the full silicon development lifecycle (RTL → tape-out → bring-up → characterization → production) and coordinate sustaining activities with silicon revisions, ECOs, and errata management

Align ASIC sustaining deliverables with device-level PDP gates (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP), partnering with hardware TPMs to synchronize schedules across satellite and ground terminal programs

Drive sustaining KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD, cost), manage EOL planning, and conduct business reviews with foundry and OSAT partners

Build scalable mechanisms and reporting cadences to provide executive visibility into sustaining program healt

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience
• 7+ years of digital design in communication systems experience
• 7+ years of full-custom analog or RF layout experience
• 7+ years of wireless communications systems and implementation experience
• 8+ years of creating and maintaining automation frameworks for Post-Silicon Flow experience
• 7+ years of verification in communication systems experience
• 5+ years of UVM, C, System C, and scripting experience
• 3+ years of emulation experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of UVM and Matlab
• Knowledge of implementing chips with multiple power islands and power gating
• Knowledge of multiple access systems including OFDMA, TDMA, and CDMA
• Knowledge of end-to-end network system architecture from wireless physical layer to application endpoints
• Knowledge of serial protocols including SPI, I2C, I3C, and UART
• Knowledge of Python and Embedded C programming
• Experience in communication theory, OFDM, MIMO, Digital/Wireless Communication Systems or RF engineering
• Experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, DVB-S2 / DVB-C, or related broadband wireless standards
• Experience leading or solely developing methodology and scripts for physical synthesis
• Experience taping out chips that have gone into high volume production
• Experience developing products for volume production
• Experience low power design techniques
• Experience delivering products to volume production
• Experience in modem L1/L2 algorithms development and architectures
• Experience in developing link and system level simulators using MATLAB, Python, or C+- Experience in test setup automation using MATLAB, Python, or Pearl
• Experience with Agile, TDD, BDD, CI, and Git
• Experience developing PHY/MAC layer HW/SW targeting SoCs, FPGAs, and general-purpose processors
• Experience leading technical initiatives and key deliverables
• Experience with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Experience in Bare Metal Environment development, including linker scripts, page tables and NVIC

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance, power, area analysis and trade-offs
• Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation

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 .

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