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Description

The Amazon Robotics Autonomous Mobility software team develops the autonomy software that powers Proteus, Amazon’s first fully autonomous warehouse robot. We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Development Engineer to join our perception, localization, and machine learning team. You will be part of an exceptional group of collaborative engineers building the platform and architecture for our onboard mapping, perception, motion planning and control software. In addition, you will collaborate with engineers and scientists across the team to develop cloud-based robot log replay and simulation capabilities..

Key job responsibilities

Specific areas of focus may include (but are not limited too):

• Design and implement robotic applications and infrastructure in the cloud.

• Collaborate with machine learning and perception experts to implement, measure, and deploy algorithms, such as machine learning models.

• Influence the team's strategy and contribute to long-term vision and roadmap for large-scale robotic log processing.

• Maintain high standards by participating in reviews, designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence, and creating mechanisms for continuous improvement.

• Prototype and test concepts or features, both through simulation, emulators, and with live robotic equipment

• Profile, tune, and optimize system performance.

• Mentor other engineer team members.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support 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

We are a multi-disciplinary team of collaborative Applied Scientists and Software Engineers with expertise in Computer Vision, SLAM, motion planning and controls. Our mission is to deliver a robust software solution the utilizes state-of-the-art sensor technologies and algorithms to enable safe and efficient operation of autonomous mobile robots throughout the Amazon fulfillment and transportation network. We take this mission seriously and work hard to achieve it, but we have a lot of fun along the way. After all, what's more fun than building robots?

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

• Experience with AWS or other cloud services.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

• Experience with AWS - any or all of EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, Dynamo DB, EMR, Glue, Athena

• Experience developing cloud services with an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability

• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines

• Good understanding of distributed computing environments

• Experience with mobile robotics, including the areas of machine learning, data labeling, sensor procession, perception, and localization.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.