Project Kuiper 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. We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager. This role includes direct responsibility for program management of system level development, integration, and test. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software development as well as appreciation for complex applications. You will have significant influence over the design and the test approach we take to develop the system. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

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.

Key job responsibilities
This position requires a technical and program management background with direct experience developing relevant systems. A Senior TPM anticipates bottlenecks, uses great judgment to make trade-offs, and balances the business needs with technical constraints. Your ability to understand the big picture of the project design and anticipate and plan dependencies is crucial. Your ability to take large, complex projects, break them into manageable pieces, and deliver timely results is invaluable. You will work with a team of experts and drive the team to successfully accomplish the following activities:

- Deliver high quality products that optimize performance, mass, cost, manufacturing, and reliability of systems.
- Coordinate the work with teams developing other systems as well as assembly, integration and tests.
- Identify and manage the conduct of trade studies and analyses necessary to understanding performance and other aspects of the design.
- Manage the development of complex hardware and software development. (Varies by assignment)
- Optimize the velocity of engineering development through the design and application of mechanisms.
- Manage timeline, dependencies, and deliverables.