Senior Manager, Bus Mechanical Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazon"s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

The Senior Manager, Bus Mechanical Engineering is responsible for the mechanical realization of the Amazon Leo satellite bus across its full lifecycle - from architecture and design through qualification, production, and launch operations.

This role leads multiple mechanical verticals, including bus structures, avionics mechanical, harness engineering, launch support, and vehicle design, and ensures they operate as an integrated system. The Senior Manager provides single-threaded ownership for mechanical tradeoffs, interface management, and execution across concurrent vehicle configurations, balancing technical rigor, producibility, schedule, and mission risk.

This role manages frontline engineering managers, partners closely with peer electrical, thermal, and production organizations, and serves as the primary mechanical authority in system-level decision forums.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead and develop a manager-of-managers organization spanning structures, avionics mechanical, harnessing, launch support, and vehicle design
• Own mechanical architecture, integration strategy, and cross-vertical trade decisions at the satellite bus level
• Serve as the single mechanical interface to peer electrical, thermal, structural analysis, manufacturing, NPI, and production organizations
• Ensure mechanical designs scale effectively into qualification and high-rate production with consistent quality and configuration control
• Own mechanical readiness across development, production, integration, transport, and launch operations
• Resolve complex, high-judgment technical and organizational tradeoffs with lasting vehicle and program impact
• Establish integration standards, escalation paths, and decision frameworks to reduce late-stage risk and execution churn
• Drive headcount planning, skill mix, and long-range staffing strategy across multiple job families
• Represent bus mechanical engineering in senior leadership reviews, system forums, and milestone readiness assessments

A day in the life

In this role, you balance system-level decision making with organizational leadership. Your day may include reviewing cross-discipline tradeoffs with electrical and thermal peers, aligning managers on priorities across multiple vehicle configurations, and resolving integration or production issues that span teams. You participate in system and readiness reviews, guide escalation on high-risk mechanical decisions, and partner with production and launch teams to ensure execution remains aligned with mission goals. Throughout the day, you coach managers, set technical direction, and ensure the organization is operating as a cohesive, execution-focused system.

About the team

The Bus Mechanical Engineering team is responsible for translating satellite architecture into a qualified, producible, and launch-ready vehicle. The organization spans structures, avionics mechanical, harnessing, launch support, and vehicle design, working closely with electrical, thermal, manufacturing, and operations partners. The team operates in a fast-paced environment with multiple vehicle variants in parallel, emphasizing strong integration, disciplined decision-making, and ownership of outcomes. Collaboration, accountability, and a focus on mission success are core to how the team works.