Amazon is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're building robotic systems that combine cutting-edge AI, sophisticated control systems, and advanced mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely alongside humans in dynamic environments. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of robotics and automation at an unprecedented scale, working with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotic dexterous manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction. This role presents an opportunity to shape the future of robotics through innovative applications of the latest software and AI tools for robots.
At Amazon we leverage advanced robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to solve complex operational challenges at an unprecedented scale. Our fleet of robots operates across hundreds of facilities worldwide, working in sophisticated coordination to fulfill our mission of customer excellence.
We are building the brains of our next-generation robots - a stack that:
- Enables deployment of robots at Amazon scale
- Enables unprecedented generalization across diverse tasks
- Seamlessly integrates with large models and optimal control techniques
- Integrates with human-safe safety solutions
As a Senior Software Development Engineer on our on-robot software team, you will lead productization across perception, localization and mapping (SLAM), navigation, and spatial memory on the robot. This software tells the robot where it is and what is around it, so planning, manipulation, and safety can act. You will partner with applied scientists to turn their research prototypes into fast, reliable production components on embedded GPUs. You will set the architecture, interfaces, and engineering standards the team builds to, and decide where models run and how they share compute. You will lead designs across science and engineering teams, and build the evaluation that shows whether a change made the robot better.
Join us in building the next generation of intelligent robotics systems that will transform the future of automation and human-robot collaboration.
Key job responsibilities
- Set the technical direction for the robot's perception, SLAM, navigation, and spatial memory software, and lead the engineers who build it
- Own how well the robot perceives and navigates in real facilities, and drive the fixes when it falls short
- Work with applied science leaders to bring research from prototypes to production
- Make tradeoffs across the stack, such as what runs on the robot versus in the cloud and how models share limited compute
- Define how perception and mobility work with planning, manipulation, and safety, and create alignment across teams
- Build the evaluation strategy that shows robot performance improvements, and use it to set priorities with science and program partners
- Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, mentoring, and hiring
