Robotics - Embedded Software Development Engineer

Amazon is a technology company focused on building innovative products and services for customers worldwide. This role develops, deploys, and operates embedded software for safety-critical robotics systems used across Amazon’s fulfillment network, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams. The position also involves building scalable distributed systems, applying AI-powered development tools, and debugging hardware-software integrations in laboratory and field environments.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight our customers, while participating in technical discussions to drive solutions forward
• Design and develop scalable solutions using cloud-native architectures and microservices in a large distributed computing environment
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation
• Build and maintain resilient distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective
• Leverage and contribute to the development of GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity while staying current with emerging technologies
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns
• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles while participating in operational responsibilities including on-call duties
• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues
• Design and develop embedded software for safety-critical robotics systems using modern languages (C/C++/Rust, or willingness to learn), with a focus on writing clean, maintainable code that meets safety and reliability standards
• Debug and optimize embedded systems in both lab and field environments, developing creative solutions to complex hardware-software integration challenges

What they're looking for:

• Are 18 years of age or older
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles
• Experience with programming languages C/C++ and Python
• Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience
• Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems
• Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases
• Experience within Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Optimization, Manipulation, Perception, Motion Planning and Controls, Movement, Autonomous Navigation, Path Planning, or related

Benefits:

• EAP
• Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• 401(k) matching