Join a group of the brightest engineers to develop next generation of Amazon's world class robotics and robotics safety systems. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to rapidly bring to life ground breaking ideas to full scale production devices that are trusted by thousands of associates at Amazon's facilities around the world.
We hire the world’s brightest minds and offer them an environment in which they can invent and innovate to improve the experience for our customers. We want people who will help share and shape our mission to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. Amazon’s evolution and success is driven by the spirit of invention that’s part of our DNA. We do this daily by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity.
If you’re passionate about safety and performance and have an interest in robotics systems, then we’d like to talk to you about becoming part of an organization with global impact on millions of customers.
Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate is passionate about building the right solutions for our customers and willing to work with other teams to ensure that our product will meet Amazon-scale while simultaneously raising the bar for associate's safety. They will:
- Develop and maintain both safety and non-safety rated systems used in quite possibly the world’s largest autonomous robot fleet.
- Learn and master multiple components including networking/wifi, security, and a variety of sensors.
- Participate in the architecture of these complex systems and partner with coworkers to realize the teams goals.
- Provide feedback in the peer review process as well as effectively communicate with technical leadership.
- Create solutions that strike the balance between world class performance and world class safety. When asked “which one comes first?” we need to find out how to do both!
A day in the life
No two days are quite the same in this team... We might start the day with a stand up to go over what we’re working on, but then things can change a lot from there. One day this candidate might be create a design document for a software component, talking to key stakeholders and working out how to turn an idea into reality. Another day they might be out on a test floor, working besite electrical engineers and test/QA engineers, trying to determine if an issue is a firmware bug, a hardware issue, or a cranky sensor. Then, that afternoon, we might pivot again and work on some AWS CDK for connecting our device to the IoT Cloud. And in between all of this, working closely with 2 - 6 team mates to make sure the software we develop comes together. Our embedded engineers take a complete ownership view of the products we work on and frequently enter new areas to meet the needs with our customers.
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!
About the team
The firmware team is a comprised of super-smart doers who work passionately to apply innovative advances in robotics and to solve real-world challenges. We take our responsibility for safety seriously but challenge ourselves to produce the right product that also gives us the performance we need. We pay attention to the details so others don't have to and strive to make systems that are natural and intuitive to use so that safety doesn't need a second thought.- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
- Experience writing low level drivers
- Familiar developing embedded software in a safety standards controlled environment such as IEC 61508 or ISO 26262.
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