CareerPlan

Senior Manager, AI Engineering, Amazon Leo, D2D Software

Redmond, Washington, United StatesFull-time$220k–$298k2026-11-12
Based in United StatesCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Leading AI engineering in DevOps & Release for Amazon Leo's Direct to Device satellite constellation, owning triage, test generation, and selection to automate engineering workflows.

Role type

Senior Manager, AI Engineering (DevOps & Release)

Builds

Embedded software, cloud and ground software, and the platform connecting them for Leo's satellite constellation.

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / DevOps

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Applied machine learning for engineering workflows, AI for test generation and defect triage, AI assurance, team management, hiring and coaching, establishing workflows and metrics, leading undefined strategy, full software development lifecycle experience, measuring model quality

Preferred skills

Managing managers, setting multi-year direction, presenting strategy to senior leaders, writing clear narratives

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Own triage, test generation, and selection across the platform; ensure each AI stage meets acceptance criteria with manual fallback; work with boundary teams as partners; automate manual tasks; hire and grow the team; define metrics and service levels; make data-driven decisions; set the team roadmap and mechanisms.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities