Sr Technical Program Manager, Production Change Management, Amazon Leo
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Job ID: 3201476 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Redmond, WA, USA
Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities worldwide, enabling individual households, schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and organizations in areas without reliable connectivity.
Software and hardware changes introduce complexity, requiring coordinated cut‑in planning, effectivity control, and production impact assessment across the full vehicle build flow—from Contract Manufacturer through our Factory up to Launch Operations.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key Job Responsibilities
This TPM will be a core member of Kuiper Production's New Product Change Operations, owning the Engineering Change Implementation process end‑to‑end. The role requires a demonstrated ability to drive industrial and manufacturing readiness, ensuring that engineering changes are introduced into production in a controlled, scalable, and operationally sustainable manner. The role interfaces with procurement, finance, GSE, production, warehouse, flight design, and launch operations.
Program Ownership & Governance
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* Hold single‑threaded ownership of the Engineering Change Control program across software and hardware change streams.
* Manage the Engineering Change Implementation Board and Software Production Implementation mechanisms, ensuring structured intake, risk classification, and approval of all changes.
* Maintain the single source of truth for the change schedule, developed collaboratively with stakeholders across production, test, quality, and operations.
* Serve as the primary escalation point for production‑impacting changes, coordinating rapid response to quality gaps and engineering‑driven stoppages.
* Lead continuous improvement initiatives targeting automation of change intake, validation, and deployment workflows.
* Conduct post‑release reviews to capture lessons learned and feed improvements back into the process.
Impact Assessment & Change Introduction
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* Lead cross‑functional impact assessments for changes cut‑in, reworked, or phased into production—evaluating effects on first‑pass yield (FPY), cycle time, test throughput, and downstream operations.
* Drive cut‑in planning for hardware block changes, managing effectivity dates, WIP disposition, and rework scope across the production floor.
* Partner with engineering (design, test, manufacturing, quality) to negotiate change requirements and represent the voice of production in design reviews.
* Define and track key performance indicators: software‑related production disruptions, change cycle time, first‑pass yield for software deployments, and change velocity.
A day in the life
This role is highly collaborative, requiring active partnerships with cross‑functional leaders across test engineering, manufacturing, software/firmware development, quality, and operations. You will advocate on behalf of production—pushing back on changes that lack sufficient validation rigor while enabling the speed of innovation Kuiper requires to scale. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and energized by solving problems that haven’t been solved at scale before.
About the team
This is a fast‑paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality, and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
Basic Qualifications
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* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
* 6+ years of technical product management, program management, or engineering experience.
* 3+ years in industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment.
* Experience managing programs across cross‑functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
* Fluency in either software change management or hardware change management with working knowledge of the other domain.
* Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across all engineering disciplines.
* High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
* Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
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* 8+ years of technical program management experience.
* Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration or a related field.
* Experience with CI/CD pipeline build processes.
* Knowledge of lean techniques and Six Sigma tools.
* Experience owning program strategy, end‑to‑end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
* Fluency in both software and hardware change management domains.
* Experience working in the aerospace, semiconductor, automotive, consumer electronic, or aviation industry.
* 2+ years managing the development of mechanical hardware, developing software for automation, or developing electrical/embedded systems.
* Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and product lifecycle management (PLM) software.
The base salary range for this position is $137,300.00 – $185,700.00 USD annually. 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, 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. xjrgpwk Learn more about our benefits at is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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