Sr. SDM, Device and Partner Qualification, Amazon Leo, D2D Software

About the role

Amazon Leo is building a low Earth orbit satellite constellation to bring fast, affordable connectivity to customers around the world. Direct to Device (D2D) extends Leo to standard mobile phones and devices: a fully regenerative fifth-generation (5G) mobile base station on each satellite, delivering service to standard handsets through mobile network operators (MNOs).

D2D Software builds the embedded software that flies, the cloud and ground software that runs the service, and the platform that connects them. Our target is under a day from a defect being found to the fix deployed across the entire constellation, achieved by automating everything that a person would otherwise do by hand.

This role leads device and partner qualification in Software Integration, Verification & Reliability, reporting to the Director, Software Integration, Verification & Reliability. It owns interoperability requirements, qualification kits, conformance and certification, and supplier contract test suites. Before anything is handed on, the bar is: qualification kits published for every device class. It hands off to its customers as follows: qualification verdicts to Customer and operators.

What the team needs to achieve

• Qualification kits published for every device class.
• Hand-offs that meet their service level: qualification verdicts to Customer and operators.
• Measured, rising capability and efficiency of the team, with manual work falling release over release.

How the team is measured

• Qualification cycle time, release over release.
• Device issues found after qualification.

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

• Own interoperability requirements, qualification kits, conformance and certification, and supplier contract test suites.
• Meet the bar before every hand-off: qualification kits published for every device class.
• Work directly with engineers in the boundary teams as partners, through agreed contracts and service levels.
• Automate everything a person would otherwise do twice.
• Hire, coach, and grow the team, with clear expectations and career development for every engineer.
• Define the team's metrics and service levels, and improve them release over release.
• Make the team's decisions data-driven and its quality measurable, and escalate early when risks cross team boundaries.
• Set the team's roadmap and the structure and mechanisms that deliver it, and negotiate the boundaries of the area with peer teams.
• Build the mechanisms and best practices that make the team's work repeatable, measurable, and improving.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of software development experience, including experience managing a team of engineers
• Experience hiring and developing engineers, setting clear goals, and giving regular feedback and coaching
• Experience establishing workflows, metrics, and service levels for a team, and making data-driven trade-offs between short- and long-term needs
• Experience leading a team where the problem and strategy are not yet fully defined, working backwards from the customer
• Experience qualifying devices, chipsets, or networks against standards and certification schemes
• Experience building qualification kits and interoperability test suites
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle, having shipped software and maintained it in production

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with 3GPP conformance or carrier certification
• Experience with non-terrestrial network devices
• Experience managing managers or leading several teams
• Experience setting a multi-year direction for an area, designing the team structure and mechanisms to deliver it, and aligning several teams around it
• Experience setting strategy where the problem, opportunity, and strategy are not defined, telling one-way from two-way doors, and presenting decisions and strategy narratives to senior leaders across the organization
• A record of writing clear narratives and running data-driven reviews

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, WA, Redmond - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually