SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A fifteen-year veteran

of Amazon's ( AMZN ) devices division who had a hand in developing many

of the most recognizable gadgets is leaving the company at the

end of October, marking the second high-level departure in

October.

Lindo St. Angel, vice president of hardware for Lab126,

plans to leave next week, Amazon ( AMZN ) confirmed following a Reuters

inquiry. The circumstances of his departure could not be learned

and St. Angel did not respond to a request for comment.

"We are grateful for his many contributions to Amazon ( AMZN ) and

wish him the best," said a spokesperson in an emailed statement,

without providing additional details about St. Angel.

Earlier this month, Reuters reported, Rob Williams, device

software and services vice president, and a member of the elite

internal group advising CEO Andy Jassy said he had left his

post. He will remain with the company through year's end in an

advisory role to devices chief Panos Panay.

The devices and services unit is working to turn around

years of unprofitability, including through layoffs and a

slimmed-down product lineup. Amazon ( AMZN ) is overhauling its Fire

tablet computers with Android operating software for the first

time, Reuters reported in August, in an effort to make them more

broadly appealing. But a multi-year project to update its Alexa

voice assistant with embedded generative artificial intelligence

has rolled out slowly with no clear path to profitability.

Less than a month ago, Amazon ( AMZN ) showed off its lineup of new

devices at an event in New York, including refreshed Echo

speakers, Fire TV streaming devices, Kindle readers and Ring

cameras.

In his leadership role, St. Angel helped oversee development

of such diverse devices as the Echo voice assistant speaker,

Astro robot and Fire tablet. His last day is October 31.

Amazon ( AMZN ) shares were up 1.1% to $220.36 on Thursday.