Amazon is hiring: Sr. Mission Integrator, Amazon Leo in Merritt Island

Sr. Mission Integrator, Amazon Leo

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Description

Amazon Leo 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.

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

Campaign Leadership

• Drive end‑to‑end operational flow, from payload processing and encapsulation to launch vehicle integration and final countdown execution.
• Lead scheduling of mission ground operations activities, ensuring facility access, resource availability, and milestone alignment.

Cross‑Team Coordination

• Conduct daily stand‑ups with launch providers, keeping Mission Managers and key stakeholders informed.
• Participate in Joint Operations Readiness Reviews (JORRs) and Encapsulation Readiness Reviews (ERRs) with launch providers to confirm readiness for major milestones.
• Coordinate with Kennedy Space Center (KSC) operations teams for site‑specific requirements and resources.

Operations Execution

• Oversee execution of work orders, including setup, hardware movement, and facility coordination.
• Manage logistics and equipment ingress/egress, ensuring compliance with contamination control and cleanroom standards for joint operations.
• Coordinate Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and crane certifications for safe payload and hardware movements.
• Ensure proper staffing and engineering floor support during critical operations and campaign shifts.

Safety, Training & Access

• Manage badging, site access, and required safety training for all campaign participants.
• Enforce safety standards during payload and launch vehicle operations, ensuring all certifications are current and risks mitigated.

Operational Communication

• Provide timely updates to internal and external teams, covering changes, issues, completions, and key timing.
• Act as the primary payload representative on the launch provider operations floor, resolving issues in real time.

Anomaly Resolution & Mission Assurance

• Lead root cause investigations in collaboration with launch providers.
• Drive closure of issues and integrate resolution paths into the campaign schedule to minimize impact on launch readiness.

A Day in the Life

An Engineer with the Sr. Mission Integrator will begin each day leading morning stand‑up calls with the launch provider to review the day’s schedule, identify risks, and align teams. Throughout the day the engineer coordinates facility access, logistics, and equipment movement, ensures cleanroom conditions and safety certifications are in place, and drafts and executes detailed work instructions. The engineer provides real‑time floor support during operations, resolves issues alongside launch vehicle engineers, and manages schedule adjustments. Between shifts the engineer sends operational updates, prepares for readiness reviews, and supports anomaly resolution efforts, driving mission success from payload installation through launch. The Engineer works closely with the Mission Manager and PPF leadership to ensure requirements and schedule satisfaction.

About the Team

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion with employee‑led affinity groups and learning experiences. Our focus on inclusion is reinforced through Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams.
• Experience managing programs across cross‑functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with engineers, key vendors, and senior business leaders.
• Demonstrated strong ownership, urgency to drive projects to closure, and desire to learn in a dynamic environment.
• Experience with schedule tracking and Program Management tools such as SmartSheet, Jira, and Confluence.
• Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background checks.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. passport.
• Ability to comply with the Government of French Guiana mandate that travelers receive vaccinations for yellow fever.
• Must be able to lift up to 49 pounds and stand/walk up to 8–10 hours with breaks, and frequently push, pull, squat, bend and reach.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing projects across cross‑functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Astronautical Engineering.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Track record of executing complex, multi‑manifest launch campaigns on time, to scope, with high quality.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines.
• Independently driven, resourceful, and able to deliver results with minimal direction.
• Experience interfacing with variety of launch and dispenser system providers, Range Safety officers and legal/export/regulatory compliance.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical individuals.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

Compensation

Salary ranges from $133,900 to $231,400 per year, depending on market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon offers a total compensation package including equity, sign‑on payments, and benefits. For more information, visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

Company

Amazon Kuiper Infrastructure LLC

Job ID: A3089747