Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

Amazon Inc

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Location
Redmond, WA
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$177,000–$239,400 / yr
Posted
78 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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This role $208k
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This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $174,950–$224,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $208k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

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Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW joins the Leo team to manage and scale development programs for satellite payload and data plane software. This role involves collaborating with engineering leaders to create project plans across the entire software stack, including management planes, while ensuring development meets specific schedule, cost, and quality requirements. The individual will drive execution, make technical trade-offs, resolve blocking issues, and map hardware and software co-dependencies for major milestones. Key responsibilities include converting technical specifications into actionable plans, managing scrums, tracking budgets, and coordinating with architecture, firmware, and hardware teams during new hardware bring up. The role requires expertise in wireless communications, networking, and embedded software. The work focuses on delivering end-to-end network solutions for a low Earth orbit satellite broadband network to provide reliable internet connectivity.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Washington?

Median $181250 from 43 postings across 12 companies.

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Skills

Networking Embedded Software Data Plane Firmware Scrum Project Management Program Management Software Development Technical Specifications

What you'll do

  • Create project plans for Satellite Payload software development across the entire software stack.
  • Ensure development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements in coordination with product management.
  • Drive engineering execution by making technical trade-offs and resolving blocking issues.
  • Convert complex technical specifications into actionable requirements for Payload and Data Plane systems.
  • Establish mechanisms to manage scrums, budgets, dashboards, and overall delivery schedules.
  • Map hardware and software co-dependencies to track accuracy across all major milestones.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of new hardware bring-ups.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
  • 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
  • 10+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams.
  • 7+ years of software development experience.
  • Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams and coordinating release schedules.
  • Experience managing complex technology projects for at least 8 years.
  • Expertise in wireless communications, networking, and embedded software.

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