Principal Technical Program Manager, Customer Terminals
Base salary $177,000 to $239,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Austin, TX +1 more
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- LocationAustin, TX +1 more
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (57 min ago) · observed since
All places named
- Austin, TX
- Redmond, WA
About this job
Amazon 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.
The Leo team is looking for a Principal Technical Program Manager with experience in telecommunications/networking and embedded software, project management, and program management. The role will interface with cross-functional engineering and program/product management teams with primary focus on delivering customer terminal devices. Join us and make a difference to people around the world.
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
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project plans for Customer Terminal devices launch, working across the entire software stack on CTs.
- Work with product/program management to ensure that development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
- Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-offs, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
- Collaborate with architecture, hardware, software, firmware teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked.
- Aggregate and convert technical specifications for Leo's Satellite Payload and Data Plane software systems
- Establish mechanisms to manage scrums, tasks, budgets, dashboards, schedule and overall delivery for the Satellite Payload and Data Plane software
- Map HW / SW co-dependencies and track accuracy of plans and technical developments for all major milestones
- Work closely across the org on new HW bring up.
A day in the life
In this role, you will build and scale Leo's CT devices. You are accountable for creating and working the complex multi-subsystem program plan for the development, test and delivery of CT software, and their integration with rest of Leo system for delivering an end-to-end network solution with an exceptional quality of experience for our customers.
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 7+ years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Redmond - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon Leo · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($177,000) is above 94% of the 128 Program & Project Management roles in Texas listed on this site; 1 other lists the same floor. Their median floor is $125,100; the middle half runs from $115,600 to $148,700.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingPrincipal Technical Program Manager, Customer Terminals$177,000 to $239,400
Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW$177,000 to $239,400
Principal TPM, Enterprise Technology, Amazon Leo Enterprise Engineering & Technology$177,000 to $239,400
Principle Program Manager, Leo Bus & Flight Operations$177,000 to $239,400
Principal Technical Program Manager, Leo data platform platform and Agentic AI$177,000 to $239,400
Principal TPM, Leo Secure Communications, Leo Secure Communications Team$177,000 to $239,400
Design Verification Engineer, Leo Payload FPGA$176,600 to $247,300
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Principal Technical Program Manager, Customer Terminals (this listing) | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Principal TPM, Enterprise Technology, Amazon Leo Enterprise Engineering & Technology | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Principle Program Manager, Leo Bus & Flight Operations | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager, Leo data platform platform and Agentic AI | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Principal TPM, Leo Secure Communications, Leo Secure Communications Team | $177,000 - $239,400 |
| Design Verification Engineer, Leo Payload FPGA | $176,600 - $247,300 |
Observed changes
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- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-31
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Location as the employer wrote it: US, TX, Austin • US, WA, Redmond
USA, TX, Austin - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00 USD annually
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