Do you want to make a worldwide impact in robotics by developing and shipping complex software that powers intelligent robots at Amazon scale? Our team in Amazon Robotics builds high-performance, real-time robotic systems that perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans at Amazon scale. Our mission is to create robots that perform contact-rich manipulation tasks safely, efficiently, and dexterously amid the complexity and variety of Amazon warehouses. Our solutions continuously learn from their own experiences, from each other, and from humans to build intelligence that feeds itself.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Robotics Software Engineer to take a leading role in building, deploying, and enhancing a fleet of intelligent, dexterous robots across the globe. In this role, you will design and implement complex software systems that run on hardware in dynamic and unpredictable environments. You will work closely with a world-class team of scientists and engineers to create the architecture that powers our advanced manipulation robots and the tools we use to support and learn from our growing number of deployed systems. Join us and push advanced robotics into the real world at an unrivaled scale and pace.


Key job responsibilities
- Lead Design and Development: Architect, develop, and maintain high-performance software that powers advanced manipulation, planning, and control tasks on robotic systems in dynamic environments.
- Transition Innovation to Production: Collaborate with scientists and engineers to transition innovative features from prototypes to robust, scalable solutions suitable for production at Amazon scale.
- Handle Complexities and Edge Cases: Architect and implement software systems that effectively manage the chaos and edge cases inherent in real-world robotics applications.
- Optimize Data Pipelines: Build and optimize data pipelines that track performance, generate insights, and support machine learning models for continuous system improvement.
- Enhance Observability Tools: Create and improve monitoring and observability tools for tracking, debugging, and learning across global deployments.
- Mentorship and Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership to the team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Integration and Validation: Integrate, test, and validate new features on live systems, ensuring they meet stringent performance and reliability standards.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with experts across disciplines—including perception, hardware, and software—to create intelligent, integrated systems and solutions.

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!


About the team
We are a team of scientists and engineers working on motion planning and control of robots in high-performance, reactive, contact-seeking manipulation applications. We are deeply focused on delivering a solution to one very large in Amazon warehouses but are creating tools and algorithms that will extend to future robotic manipulation programs that will impact Amazon and its customers for years to come.