Chief Engineer, Amazon Robotics
Amazon.com Services LLC
Seattle, Washington
Job Description
* Demonstrated pattern of aligning diverse development teams from multiple organizations to a coherent technical vision, from concept to deployment and scaling, and inspiring them to action and delivery complex systems * Experience with eliciting and clarifying business and end user needs, and translating those to requirements * Experience leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g., technical disciplines, subsystem teams, development partners) * Ability to identify and analyze dependencies, tradeoffs, and sensitivities across multi-disciplinary systems * Strong working knowledge across a range of relevant technical areas (systems engineering; dynamics systems modeling; queuing theory; robotics/automation domain expertise; hardware development; enterprise software; optimization/CV/ML algorithms)
* Experience with warehouse automation operations and process flows * Experience applying program management best practices * 10+ years of experience leading complex system design and development teams * BS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline * Master’s level degree in an Engineering field * 15+ years of experience 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $233,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $350,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply cutting edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.
Amazon Robotics is creating a new generation of complex warehouse automation solutions to deliver delightful new capabilities to our Operations partners and ultimately enable faster, more reliable fulfillment for all our Amazon customers. Amazon Robotics Chief Engineers work across teams and stakeholders to clarify customer problems, identify technical alternatives explore tradeoffs, and align execution teams around the technical vision. This role will work closely with Operations customers, technical leads, and integration partners, and will report directly to TBD. In this role, you will:
Amazon Robotics is creating a new generation of complex warehouse automation solutions to deliver delightful new capabilities to our Operations partners and ultimately enable faster, more reliable fulfillment for all our Amazon customers. Amazon Robotics Chief Engineers work across teams and stakeholders to clarify customer problems, identify technical alternatives explore tradeoffs, and align execution teams around the technical vision. This role will work closely with Operations customers, technical leads, and integration partners, and will report directly to TBD. In this role, you will:
- Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives for complex, multidisciplinary robotics and automation problems, including impact on performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scale
- Define and/or build quantitative models and analyses (Excel, MATLAB, Python, internal tools) to conduct trade studies, refine requirements, and understand key system drivers across the integrated systems of systems
- Identify design choices and critical decision points to ensure our products are safe, reliable, and usable, and can be deployed and supported at Amazon scale and speed
- Work with the tech leads to break development into major integration & test and performance milestones
- Lead the teams in connecting top level business needs to the high-level systems requirements, negotiating key external interfaces, and allocating functions and performance budgets across system or subsystems.
- Plan and drive periodic checkpoint program/design reviews to create alignment and transparency on progress, priorities, goals, and issues across the team and stakeholders.
* Experience with warehouse automation operations and process flows * Experience applying program management best practices * 10+ years of experience leading complex system design and development teams * BS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline * Master’s level degree in an Engineering field * 15+ years of experience 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $233,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $350,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
