Amazon
Flight Director, Amazon LEO - Mission Operations
$129K–$175K
Redmond, WA · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in the Aerospace industry; 1+ year in spacecraft operations or a direct support role.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Leads mission operations for Amazon LEO, coordinating engineering teams and improving automation to ensure successful launches and reliable satellite constellation performance.
What you'll do
- Coordinate launch and on-orbit demonstrations, including operational rehearsals and early operations.
- Develop mission concepts of operation, analyze system data, and identify operational improvements.
- Drive scalable automation and coordinate implementation with software and hardware teams.
What they ask for
- Experience automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
- Programming experience in at least one modern language, and experience with Linux/Unix and CI/CD pipelines build processes.
- 3+ years of experience in the Aerospace industry and 1+ year of prior experience in a spacecraft operations or direct support role.
- Technical understanding of space system architecture and subsystem functionality.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems at scale.
- Experience scaling autonomous space mission operations; familiarity with listed space-system disciplines and technical understanding of at least two.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Linux/Unix
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