Senior Systems Engineer

Description Amazon is seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and motivated Interdisciplinary Senior Systems Engineer to join a dynamic team that provides leadership for concept development, architecture, and design of robotics systems and industrial equipment. This candidate should be motivated to adapt well-tried systems engineer principles into a new and emerging industry.

The preferred candidate would have demonstrated experience in robotics, mechatronics, experience with machine safety and/or functional safety standards, and possess excellent communication skills. This position reports directly to the System Architect. Key job responsibilities

The Senior Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer Will

Define, expand, and explore the design space for complex, multidisciplinary robotics and automation problems

Identify and analyze the cross-functional tradeoffs between design alternatives, including impact on performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scale

Break down and frame problems using con-ops, use cases, structural/functional decompositions, and other system representations to clarify needs and align technical teams

Identify design choices to ensure our products are safe, reliable, and usable, and can be deployed and supported at Amazon scale

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

Perform technical risk assessments (such as TRL, Gap Analysis, FMEDA, HARA, etc.), devise mitigation plans, and create system test strategies

Develop and communicate system integration and evaluation strategies and plans in support of program learning, technical risk reduction, verification, and validation

Drive and prioritize execution of system test campaigns that span lab and field testing environments in collaboration with subsystem development and test teams (test readiness reviews, test execution, post-test analysis and reporting)

Guide and inform, via analyses, cross-functional architecture definition

Mentor junior engineers in engineering best practices, and participate in hiring of new team members

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or above in engineering or equivalent STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field

7+ years of professional experience

Experience with eliciting and clarifying business and end user needs, and connecting those needs to system concepts, requirements, and designs

Experience leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g. hardware engineering, software engineering, controls, functional safety, program management)

Experience identifying and analyzing dependencies, tradeoffs, and sensitivities across multi-disciplinary systems

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with industrial robotics and automated material handling solutions

Experience with machine learning systems

Experience developing and supporting hardware/software systems across the product life cycle

Experience with scalable production systems

Experience with developing safety-critical systems and supporting related regulatory compliance needs

Experience with 1 or more relevant domains: Industrial Automation, Robotic Vehicles/Manipulation, Autonomy, Perception and Controls

9+ years of experience in integrated system design

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, MA, N.Reading - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually

Company

• Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10585030