Embedded Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Robotics Firmware

About the role

Join Amazon Robotics' Embedded software team to tackle one of the most exciting challenges in robotics: creating intelligent safety systems that enable humans and robots to work safely side-by-side. We're looking for embedded software engineers who want to work at the intersection of hardware and software, writing code that powers our global fleet of fulfillment robots.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded software for safety-critical robotics systems using modern languages (C/C++/Rust, or willingness to learn), with a focus on writing clean, maintainable code that meets safety and reliability standards
• Leverage modern development tools including AI-assisted coding tools and LLMs to enhance productivity, code quality, and development velocity
• Collaborate across disciplines with hardware engineers, manufacturing teams, robotics specialists, and software developers to deliver integrated solutions from concept through deployment and field support
• Contribute throughout the product lifecycle following agile software development approach to capture requirements, design software architecture, implement, test, deploy and maintain embedded systems firmware
• Engage in collaborative code reviews to share knowledge, learn from peers, and collectively improve code quality, system reliability, and user experience
• Debug and optimize embedded systems in both lab and field environments, developing creative solutions to complex hardware-software integration challenges
• Mentor and grow alongside team members through knowledge sharing, technical discussions, and collaborative problem-solving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 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 in embedded development in C/C++
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations