Senior Systems Engineer/Architect, Amazon Robotics

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 support 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 responsible for new product introduction from early technology exploration to large-scale deployed systems.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

North Reading, MA, USA | Westborough, MA, USA




Key job responsibilities
Amazon Robotics is seeking a Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer to join a dynamic, collaborative team that provides leadership for concept development, architecture, and design of robotics systems and industrial equipment. In this role, you will:
- Define, expand, and explore the design space for multidisciplinary robotics and automation problems
- Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives, including impact on subsets of the following: performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scale
- Break down and frame problems using con-ops, use cases, structural/functional decompositions, and other system representations to clarify needs and align technical teams
- Identify design choices to ensure our products are safe, reliable, and usable, and can be deployed and supported at Amazon scale
- Build quantitative models and analyses (Excel, MATLAB, Python, internal tools) to conduct trade studies, refine requirements, and understand key system drivers across the integrated systems of systems
- Perform technical risk assessments (such as TRL, Gap Analysis, FMEDA, HARA, etc.), devise mitigation plans, and create system test strategies
- 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 collaboration with subsystem development and test teams (test readiness reviews, test execution, post-test analysis and reporting)





A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

North Reading, MA, USA

Basic Qualifications

- Experience with eliciting and clarifying business and end user needs, and connecting those needs to system concepts, requirements, and designs
- Experience participating in or leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g. hardware engineering, software engineering, program management)
- Ability to analyze dependencies, tradeoffs, and sensitivities across multi-disciplinary systems
- BS or equivalent experience in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline
- 5+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with industrial robotics and automated material handling solutions
- Experience with machine learning systems
- Experience developing and supporting hardware/software systems across the product life cycle
- Experience with scalable production systems
- Experience with developing safety-critical systems and supporting related regulatory compliance needs
- Experience with 1 or more relevant domains: Industrial Automation, Robotic Vehicles/Manipulation, Autonomy, Perception and Controls
- 9+ years of experience in integrated system design



Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.