Principal Technical Program Manager, Project Kuiper

Principal Technical Program Manager

Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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

The Kuiper Supply Chain team is looking for a Principal Technical Program Manager to support Business, Manufacturing and Engineering stakeholders in developing, implementing and managing our supply base. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record working with a global supply base in developing, implementing and scaling process, tools and inventory positions in order to achieve business needs. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.

• Develop and execute comprehensive Mechanical Hardware supply chain strategies to support high-volume satellite production while ensuring quality, cost efficiency, and risk mitigation
• Lead strategic supplier selection, qualification, and relationship management for complex, high-reliability mechanical components and assemblies
• Drive technical alignment between design teams, manufacturing partners, and quality engineering to optimize manufacturability and yield
• Establish and oversee sophisticated supply chain monitoring systems to ensure continuity of critical components and materials
• Create and manage contingency plans for supply chain disruptions, including multi-sourcing strategies and geographical risk diversification
• Partner with systems engineering and hardware teams to influence design decisions that impact supply chain resilience
• Lead cross-functional programs to qualify new technologies and manufacturing processes

A Day In The Life

In this role you will be actively working with Mechanical Engineering teams, sourcing, quality, digital operations, internal testing and security team to develop and implement manufacturing tests across global supply base for ground gateway equipment. The products will enable mission critical, high throughput communications with Kuiper satellites. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to manufacture, test, and distribute solutions and products globally enabling Kuiper's global network.

About The Team

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust. At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.

We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance.