Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to these questions and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply cutting edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and partnership you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.
The Manipulation Robotics group develops robotic material handling products that increase the safety and efficiency of our fulfillment operations. Our products are deployed across the Amazon Fulfillment Network, automating material flow to reduce operational costs, increase throughput, and enable consistent quality. Our workcells are integrated into broader solutions for storage, packaging, sortation, and transportation of items and packages. The Team consists of engineers and scientists tasked with new product introduction from early technology exploration to large-scale deployed systems.


Key job responsibilities
Amazon Robotics is seeking a Principal Robotics Systems Development Engineer to join a dynamic team that provides leadership for concept development, architecture, and design of robotics systems and industrial equipment.

The Principal Robotics Systems Development Engineer will be responsible for:
• Designing architectures for robotics and industrial automation equipment
• Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives to establish system requirements and goals
• Identify design choices to ensure our products are safe, reliable, and usable, and can be deployed and supported at Amazon scale
• Support hardware and software development for experimental and prototype robotic systems
• Develop and communicate system integration and evaluation strategies and plans in support of program learning, technical risk reduction, verification, and validation
• Drive and prioritize execution of system test campaigns that span lab and field testing environments in partnership with subsystem development and test teams (test readiness reviews, test execution, post-test analysis and reporting)
• Perform technical gap analysis in support of organizational strategy and technical roadmap development
• Mentor junior engineers in engineering best practices, and participate in hiring of new team members