About the position
Join the brightest minds in robotics developing the next generation of manipulation robots! You will be part of a multidisciplinary team - a startup within Amazon - breaking new ground in how robots are designed, built and operated at scale. We hire smart and effective engineers and offer them an environment in which they can invent and innovate to improve the experience for our customers. We do this daily by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. As a part of the embedded team, you'll build advanced control systems for manipulation robots. The stack includes custom hardware, embedded Linux, Computer Vision, Motor Control, WiFi, Safety, IO Protocols for attached devices and more. You will work closely with scientists to design and implement modern controls algorithms. The software you create will be deployed at Amazon scale, powering large fleets.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly reliable embedded control systems
- Develop and optimize real-time control algorithms. Validate designs through simulation and real-world testing
- Partner with roboticists and researchers to implement novel capabilities
- Drive system architecture choices that impact the future of Amazon's warehouse robotics systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Expert level skills with C/C++
- Experience building complex embedded systems
Nice-to-haves
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with real time motion control software for high DOF systems. Understanding of control systems theory
- Experience with troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
- Experience as a tech steward / team advisor with ownership of technical deliverables
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
