Senior Technical Program Manager - ASIC, Amazon Leo

About the role

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

The Amazon LEO team is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager with experience in complex ASIC/SOC development of managing various phases of pre-silicon such as architecture, front end design, pre-silicon verification, FPGA prototyping, Emulation, Physical design, BROM, FW, substrate and package design, Tapeout; and post-silicon phases such as silicon manufacturing with foundry and OSAT, silicon bring-up, functional and system validation, embedded FW/SW, ATE, Reliability, Qual, and NPI.

The role will interface with cross-functional engineering and program/product management teams to develop ASIC/SOCs solutions that will go into Satellites and Ground equipment/terminals. Join us and make a difference in the lives of people around the world.

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

• Collaborate with engineering leaders (ASIC/SOC leads) to create project execution plans for ASIC/SOC development considering all criteria to design products the meet the power/performance and functional specs for all use conditions.
• Work with ASIC, communication system, EE, and software teams to define ASIC bring-up readiness and test plans.
• Work with product/program management lead to ensure that ASIC/SOC development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-off recommendations, understand the technical challenges, enable solutions, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
• Collaborate with Architecture, hardware, software, firmware, packaging and PCB teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked.
• Work with external IP, Fabs, OSAT silicon services and partners to complete the execution of projects in time.

A day in the life

You must be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, SOC/IP design 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.

In addition, the candidate needs to drive ASIC bring-up readiness (HW/SW) and ASIC bring-up plan. Lastly, the candidate should have the experience of working through the various design phases of Silicon development from architecture definition, RTL design, Verification, IP design, Physical design, silicon bring up, test, characterization, quality, reliability and post silicon management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of ASIC development experience (RTL, Verification, Validation, or Product/Test Engineering)
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules
• 7+ years of working directly with ASIC engineering teams

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

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and 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.

• USA, CA, San Diego - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually