Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The mission of Project Kuiper’s Government Solutions (KGS) is to leverage Kuiper and provide high speed, low latency, and secure satellite broadband services to United States and allied government customers. This position will be working within the Product Management Team within Kuiper Government Solutions.

Key job responsibilities
We have an immediate opening for a Sr Product Manager Technical to support the Kuiper Government Solutions team focusing on DoD and National Security customers. This position will be part of the KGS team defining and managing a family of products for optical communications within Project Kuiper’s broadband wireless network. This is a unique opportunity to innovate and define groundbreaking communications technology with few legacy constraints.

• Write product roadmaps, product description documents, and engineering requirements for a product family
• Create detailed product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific customer verticals including use case prioritization, feature definition and product roadmap
• Work with leadership team to set the customer strategy and make appropriate high-judgment trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch
• Manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution and work with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver on that vision, e.g., business development, engineering, sales, finance, operations, international
• Establish goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success
• Research and identify new opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers
• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
Security Clearance: Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, so you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.


About the team
The team develops and designs the Kuiper Government products and analyzes performance such as for overall throughput, latency, and system availability. This team also works closely with the engineering team to ensure that the product will meet customer requirements.


- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
- 5+ years of experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
- 5+ years of experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning.
- 5+ years of experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

- Master’s or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Communications Systems, related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with satellite systems and operations
- Optical Communications System design, architecture, and system integration background or solid understanding
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity

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