Sr. TPM – RF Systems

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.
The Principal Technical Program Manager for Kuiper will help define and develop the interfaces, manage requirements, and organize technical efforts. 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 some 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.


Key job responsibilities
This position requires a program management background and direct experience developing relevant systems. You will create and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but will also roll up your sleeves and contribute directly. A Principal 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:

• Drive complex cross-functional engineering trades to optimize performance, mass, cost, and reliability of high performance RF systems.
• Coordinate the work with teams developing other systems as well as assembly, integration and tests.
• Develop and manage technical requirements and interfaces that tie to system level requirements.
• 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 on RF systems.
• Optimize the velocity of engineering development through the design and application of mechanisms.
• Manage timeline, dependencies, and deliverables

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.
You must be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, electrical engineering, communications engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of hardware, software, system integration and test development of complex systems.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program management role with significant experience architecting and integrating HW and SW into a complex system.
• 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule.
• Proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tools such as MS Project, SmartSheet or alternative.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in physics, electrical engineering, communications engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with RF systems.
• Experience with high volume manufacturing test methods, concepts and solutions.
• Ability to lead interdisciplinary discussions between Hardware, Reliability, and Firmware teams to define and drive scope and clarity of work, and reach optimum system level trades.
• Experience in high speed characterization of devices, operation of high speed and high frequency test equipment, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes.
• Experience developing high-performance systems for aerospace applications or systems operating in extreme environments.
• Experience in automated testing and system characterization.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (hardware, firmware, software) on time, to s