Head Kgs Deal Desk Kuiper Government Solutions jobs at Amazon

Key job responsibilities
• Diving deep into customer segment needs and goals to develop targeted enablement strategies
• Collaborating with field sales teams to understand and address customer challenges
• Leading consultative teams that drive cloud adoption and innovation across global customers
• Through close partnership with Strategy and Operations teams, designing both customized and standardized solutions that accelerate our customers' cultural and technological transformation.
• Taking ownership of all programmatic activities for customer engagements including planning, reporting and risk mitigation
• Crafting monthly and quarterly business reviews to AWS leadership to surface key business insightsA day in the life
In this role, you'll be instrumental in helping organizations navigate their cloud journey by developing and implementing comprehensive training and enablement solutions that drive meaningful business outcomes.About AWS
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- 10+ years of building and leading large teams and working in matrixed operating structures experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent
- Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent

- 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience

You need to be an active practitioner of engineering excellence: keeping a high bar for quality, consistency, maintainability, efficiency, security and all the other things that make great software great. You will work with the best of Amazon to build systems that accelerates our engineering and product teams.

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

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
As a senior systems development engineer, you will work with a wide variety of functional groups and will be involved in the design and implementation of software systems for phased array antennas validation and test, as well as overall system integration:- Develop tools for characterizing antenna RF and system performance.
- Develop software and test rack automation to support production test stations.
- Support electrical and software bring-up, debug of new hardware.- Plan, develop and implement environmental test activities for phased array antennas.
- Implement DSP FPGA firmware to map high-level algorithms from Matlab or C to architecture-specific code.

- BS or MS in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience with C/C++ and Python or other scripting languages. Experience automating, building, and testing systems
- Experience with HW/SW bring up and debugging
- Experience working in a hardware lab with oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies, and other test equipment

- Solid fundamental CS / EE skill set with hands-on industry or university experience in embedded software development
- Knowledge of FPGA systems, GPIO/I2C/SPI and peripheral interfacing.
- Experience with RTL and FPGA development tools
- Experience with Matlab or tools alike
- Knowledge of Database systems

Kuiper Productivity Engineering (KPE) is seeking an experienced IT Application Engineer who will serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our Jama Requirements Management platform. This role will be responsible for the administration, optimization, and strategic development of our Jama implementation while supporting enterprise-wide requirements management processes.Export Control Requirements: Due to the need to access certain federal controlled information, you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.Key job responsibilities
- Lead the technical administration and architecture of Jama Requirements Management platform- Design and implement integration solutions between Jama and other enterprise systems
- Develop and maintain best practices for requirements management processes
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for Jama-related initiativesA day in the life
In this role, you will function as the primary administrator and SME for Kuiper's Jama service. You will operate and support the service, as well as developing automation for upgrades/patching/testing, and enhance observability of the system. You will work with stakeholders and senior engineers to design and develop custom solutions and integrations between tools and other services in a secure manner.

- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Jama Requirements Management platform administration
- Strong understanding of requirements management methodologies and best practices

In this role, you will serve as the Lab Operations Area Manager supporting the end-to-end implementation of Kuiper’s Lab Operations Strategy. Joining the Kuiper Workplace Operations (KWO) team and reporting into the Sr. Strategy & Implementation Manager, you will own tactical and strategic execution of lab intake, planning, coordination, and closeout processes, ensuring lab launches and upgrades follow consistent, repeatable workflows. Operating at the strategic level, you will execute the operational infrastructure behind the Lab Program, including intake tracking, change request governance, workback schedules, tooling integration, and process-failure investigations. Operating at the tactical level, you’ll be supporting daily operations and compliance within a designated lab site or zone. As the local “air traffic controller,” you will ensure the smooth and safe functioning of lab environments by coordinating layout or equipment changes, driving process updates, and enforcing safety and access protocols. You’ll be the first line of contact for lab users, supporting service requests and surfacing concerns to the central team.This role requires a detail-oriented, hands-on leader with strong communication and coordination skills, a bias for structure, and process rigor. You will partner closely with Design & Construction (D&C), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Hardware Engineering, Kuiper Workplace Ops (KWO), Facilities Management (FM) and other stakeholders to ensure programmatic consistency across inflight lab projects. You’ll track assets and performance metrics, perform regular audits, lead key governance forums, ensure accurate safety and training documentation, and act as a critical link between your local lab environment and the centralized Lab Operations team.
Key job responsibilities
- Support KWO in the end-to-end lab lifecycle process: project intake → execution planning → progress tracking → closeout
- Support lab change request governance, documentation, and tracking mechanisms
- Serve as the first point of contact for lab support requests, intake submissions, and user questions
- Enforce safety protocols, access control, and training compliance within the lab environment
- Lead weekly Lab Ops meetings and feedback loops, gathering / reporting site-specific challenges and driving improvements
- Coordinate layout changes, equipment moves, site visits, and infrastructure upgrades in partnership with D&C and EHS
- Support planned and unplanned lab outages in partnership with FM and internal leadership; schedule flexibility is a must
- Conduct regular lab audits and track local lab metrics related to compliance, usage, and support needs
- Monitor asset condition and report issues or escalations for maintenance or replacement
- Ensure signage, safety plans, and lab records are accurate and up to date
- Proactively remain informed of inflight lab projects and workback schedules, escalating blockers as needed
- Serve as the central liaison for lab tooling, dashboarding, and asset tracking workstreams
- Support rollout and maintenance of Lab Operations Playbooks, training materials, and service catalogs
- Support cross-functional meetings (e.g., with D&C, EHS, IT), ensuring clear notes, follow-ups, and timely execution
- Monitor lab program health metrics and report regularly on progress, risks, and upcoming projects
- Drive continuous improvement of lab operations through process standardization and stakeholder feedback loops
Export Control Requirement:
A day in the life
As a Lab Operations Area Manager, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day execution of lab program processes. You’ll interface with teams across Kuiper to intake new lab requests and support defining and executing solutions. You’ll lead the weekly intake board, document decisions and risks, and work to unblock inflight projects.As a Lab Ops SME, you’ll be the operational anchor for a high-velocity and agile workplace. You might start your day reviewing intake requests and performing a 5S audit. Mid-morning, you may coordinate a layout reconfiguration with the FM and IT teams, ensuring standards are met and signage is refreshed.

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
- 5+ years of program or project management experience in facilities, labs, construction or engineering environments
- 5+ years of working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong understanding of lab safety protocols and regulatory requirements
- Experience managing complex project schedules and stakeholder coordination
- Experience defining or implementing repeatable operational processes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience documenting and reporting on program health

- PMP or similar project management certification
- Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Experience managing lab builds, tech space renovations, or R&D operations
- Experience managing lab builds, tech space renovations, or R&D operations
- Familiarity with asset tracking tools, intake portals, or operational dashboards
- Experience supporting training or onboarding initiatives
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and creating order through tooling or process
- Strong working knowledge of Excel or similar tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Airtable, project trackers)

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.We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer with a background in mechanical design of spacecraft components, precision testing equipment, tooling and fixtures. The role is within the propulsion team, and the ideal candidate has experience in mechanical spacecraft hardware from conception through flight qualification, with understanding of materials and processes, GD&T, and design to dynamic and thermal requirements. Favorable consideration given for experience developing components, assemblies, and mechanisms for operation in high-vacuum environments. Propulsion background is desired but not required, and the position offers opportunity for a strong candidate to join an exciting project in the field of spacecraft electric propulsion. This is a hands-on role for a highly collaborative individual that combines superb technical, and analytical capabilities to transition theoretical guidance and requirements into performant hardware optimized to be lightweight, cost effective and manufacturability.Key job responsibilities
* Mechanical design of propulsion subsystem, sub-systems and test-fixtures.
* Collaborating with the propulsion team to deliver low-mass and low-cost designs optimized for manufacturability in volume.
* Generate detailed designs and conduct/enable thermal modelling along with static, dynamic and modal structural analysis as needed.
* Support integration of designs into propulsion performance models.
* Tolerance analyses and verification of critical clearances for sub-system components.
* Preparation and documentation of materials for design review gates.
* Support and/or lead root cause and corrective action plans in result of manufacturing non-conformances.
* Contribute to the propulsion system development and maturation to high volume manufacturing by generating and maintaining procedures including: part/ component acceptance tests, assembly procedures and, qualification test plans.

- 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with prototyping and implementation
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent

- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- 3+ years experience CAD software expertise (Siemens NX, SolidWorks, etc.)
- 1+ year experience with GD&T per ANSI Y14.5M
- Tooling design
- Flight hardware experience
- Stress analysis
- High volume manufacturing
- Knowledge of machining processes, design for manufacturing
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in structural or mechanical engineering or related discipline