Senior Systems Engineer/Architect, Amazon Robotics, Applied Automation
Content + Source + Freshness • 15 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Incredibly valuable due to leadership opportunities in robotics design, significant influence on system architecture, and large-scale automation.
- Opportunity to influence robotics innovation
- Strong potential for leadership development
- Engagement in significant system design and architecture work
- Demanding role may lead to high stress under tight deadlines
Pros
- Strong career advancement opportunities with leadership potential
- Ability to work at the forefront of robotics technology
- Involvement in impactful decision-making processes
Cons
- High performance expectations with intense workload
- Potential for extensive project timelines
- Demanding technical environment may be overwhelming for some
Who it's for
Senior • Hybrid/Office format
Good fit
- Senior engineers with extensive robotics experience
- Leaders looking to shape engineering practices
- Individuals passionate about complex automation systems
Not recommended for
- Mid-level engineers without relevant experience
- Those who prefer working independently
- Candidates averse to high-pressure environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
DESCRIPTION
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 innovative 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 Applied Automation team develops robotic material products that increase the safety and efficiency of Amazon fulfillment operations. Our products are deployed across the Amazon Fulfillment Network, automating material flow to reduce operational costs, increase throughput, and enable consistent quality. 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 Senior Systems Development Engineer to join a dynamic 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 complex, multidisciplinary robotics and automation problems
- Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives, including impact on performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scale
- Break down and frame problems using con-ops, use cases, structural/functional decomposition, 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 partnership with subsystem development and test teams (test readiness reviews, test execution, post-test analysis and reporting)
- Mentor junior engineers in engineering best practices, and participate in hiring of new team members
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits for 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 skillets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
- 8+ years of experience
- Experience with eliciting and clarifying business and end user needs, and linking those needs to system concepts, requirements, and designs
- Experience spearheading technical partnerships and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g. hardware engineering, software engineering, program management)
- Experience identifying and analyzing dependencies, tradeoffs, and sensitivities across multi-disciplinary systems
- BS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Depth in one or more relevant domains: Industrial Automation, Robotic Vehicles/Manipulation, Autonomy, Perception and Controls
- Experience with industrial robotics and automated material handling solutions
- Experience with developing safety-critical systems and supporting related regulatory compliance needs
- Experience with warehouse logistics applications
- Experience developing and supporting hardware/software systems across the product life cycle
- Experience with scalable production systems
- Experience with machine learning systems
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