Software Development Engineer, Amazon Robotics (AR)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Robotics develops state-of-the art robotics for Amazon’s Fulfillment Centers. Amazon Fulfillment handles more individual items than any company in the world. We are combining computer vision and custom robot to solve real-world problems at huge scale. Our team collaborates with a variety of customers across Amazon worldwide to conceive, develop, prototype and deploy a wide range of robotic systems.
We are building a new, foundational automation system which will transform warehouse operations by combining multiple novel workcells. The team is seeking a talented and motivated Software Development Engineer to design and develop software for managing robotics systems. They will be responsible for designing, developing, integrating, troubleshooting, and optimizing a critical automation system which will be deployed at very large scale. They will act as a key contributor to our product development roadmap and help develop software features, tools and mechanisms to operate large robotic fleets (10,000s).
Key job responsibilities
* Work with cross-functional teams—including hardware engineers, software developers, and operations personnel—to develop integrated solutions.
* Integrate, troubleshoot the robotic system with multiple other solutions and help build an optimal planner and orchestration for the movement of the system.
* Build simulation engines, hardware mocks, integration tests as appropriate to be able to test solutions before they are deployed in production.
* Integrate and build software around vision systems that help with localization.
* Work alongside hardware extensively to identify and fix failure modes.
* 15-20% travel expected to support onsite system testing
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 skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Expert level knowledge of at least one modern object oriented language such as Java, C++, or C#
- 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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 integrating with or building Robotics systems
- Hardware integration (hardware release cycles, heterogeneous hardware fleets)
- Building and testing real-time or safety-critical systems
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