Amazon Director Engineering - GNC & Propulsion Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

993615593

Key job responsibilitiesYou will mentor an exceptional, diverse team of leaders, and work with our partners in executing cross-disciplinary product development with a high bar for rigor and technical excellence. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.
As a group leader, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. The ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected. Maturity, judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role.

• 10+ years’ experience with the development and operation of space flight vehicles for GNC components, ConOps, Propulsion and constellation management
• Design & development for Satellite or Aerospace manufacturing and production
• Bachelor's degree in sciences, engineering or related field.

• Master’s degree, or PhD in sciences, engineering or equivalent is preferred
• Experience with spacecraft (or aircraft) guidance, navigation and control systems.
• Experience with orbital mechanics.
• Experience with space traffic coordination.
• Deep understanding of mechanical, electrical, connectivity, structural and thermal engineering techniques for spacecraft design
• Managing multiple simultaneous complex programs across hardware, software and operations dependencies
• Experience with systems engineering of space systems
• Direct experience in lab test environments and flight testing
• Designing for high reliability
• Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (hardware, firmware, software, algorithms) on time, to scope, with high quality
• Satellite constellation management