Senior Technical Program Manager ASIC, Amazon Leo

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3236 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/ 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.

- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 3 years of software development experience
- 5 years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 7 years of working directly with ASIC engineering teams

- 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 KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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. Learn more about our benefits at CA San Diego - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
USA WA Redmond - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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