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DESCRIPTION

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 Project Kuiper team is looking for a Technical Program Manager with experience in satellite communication test definition, execution and verification. Join us and make a difference to people around the world!

Key job responsibilities
* Collaborate with engineering leaders to track project test plans for hardware and software through the entire development life cycle – requirements to development to validation in an Agile development environment.
* Work with product/program management to ensure that Kuiper test systems meet schedule, technical, and quality requirements.
* Drive engineering project execution, define milestones for deliverables of hardware / software, define tests, execute tests, triage test failures, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
* Define cross-functional deliverables and timeline to ensure test readiness is achieved on-schedule.
* Act as the cross-functional point of contact for Kuiper test plans, procedures, and execution for testing of satellite Avionics and payload hardware.
* Work with external teams to identify and mitigate programmatic risks in meeting shared goals.
* Contribute to defining tests to execute based on current capability of delivered test hardware and software.
* Communicate clearly and effectively to executive management on the plans, status, and critical issues. Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
* Assist with vendor management, and vendor deliveries.
* Define test mechanisms to make efficient use of test setups.
* Identify, analyze, and remove gaps in test coverage of satellite avionics and payload hardware.
* Develop a test strategy that ensures that test coverages meets program goals.
* Organize regular project and team meetings, focusing teams on program milestones and unblock technical issues by pulling together the multi-functional technical expertise to resolve the issues.
* Set agenda, communicate meeting notes and actions; follow up with responsible owners.
* Participate in technical discussions, ask probing questions, and work with the team to pull together scoping, schedules, and solutions to issues.
* Drive post-mortem learning and improvements over time.
* Demonstrate leadership and be adept at navigating through tough situations, juggling various priorities and managing constraints.

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.

A day in the life
The role will interface cross-functionally with engineering, program/product management, and production teams to ensure successful testing of flight hardware.

About the team
You will interface closely with multiple subsystem, software, and test teams, provide technical input and guidance on test design, and support as needed with detailed analysis and test execution.