Amazon System Development Engineer Amazon Robotics 

United States, Massachusetts 

166304708

Key job responsibilities
* Evaluate, select, and integrate sensors such as overhang sensors, overheight sensors, vision systems, and force/torque sensors to enhance system robustness and performance
* Integrate with new drives/motors, new devices like scanners, vacuum suction module,
* Develop controls code utilizing structured text and ladder-logic on Codesys and RSLogix 5000 platforms
* Conduct risk assessments for robotic systems, identifying potential hazards and implementing appropriate safeguards in compliance with relevant safety standards.
* Identify and build infrastructure to configure devices, extract various diagnostics and troubleshooting information and surfacing them as appropriate alarms for end users.
* Develop test plans and perform system testing and validation to ensure the device integration and safety functions are built appropriately.
* Work with cross-functional teams—including hardware engineers, software developers, and operations personnel—to develop integrated solutions and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
* Work alongside hardware extensively to identify and fix failure modes.
* 15-20% travel expected to support onsite system testingA day in the life1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- 1+ years of non-internship professional experience. in designing and integrating servos, safety systems and pneumatic / analog / digital sensors in industrial automation or robotics
- Proficiency in programming experience with PLCs like Allen-Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLCs, and/or Soft PLCs/IPCs, in structured text (ladder logic is optional).
- Experience with Bosch Rexroth systems or Nidec motors or similar servos
- Experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g., EtherCAT, OPC-UA, Modbus).

- Master's degree in Engineering or related field
- 1+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Experience developing controls code utilizing Codesys platform
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language like C++/Java
- Strong knowledge of safety standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 13849, IEC 61508, OSHA).
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)