Technical Program Manager , Silicon Operations

Leo 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. Amazon Leo team is looking for a Business Operations Manager to support business and engineering stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed to execute on Amazon Leo objectives. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and executing strategy, and managing supplier performance. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage. Key job responsibilities Own the NPI-to-sustaining transition for ASIC programs, defining readiness criteria and driving cross-functional teams (Design, Test, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain) through program ramp-up milestones Lead dual-source qualification end-to-end — manage sample builds, reliability testing, correlation analysis, and production validation to ensure supply resilience for all sustaining ASIC chips Navigate the full silicon development lifecycle (RTL → tape-out → bring-up → characterization → production) and coordinate sustaining activities with silicon revisions, ECOs, and errata management Align ASIC sustaining deliverables with device-level PDP gates (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP), partnering with hardware TPMs to synchronize schedules across satellite and ground terminal programs Drive sustaining KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD, cost), manage EOL planning, and conduct business reviews with foundry and OSAT partners Build scalable mechanisms and reporting cadences to provide executive visibility into sustaining program healt