Lead Solutions Design Engineer, AR - SRT (FF)
About the role
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, collaborative team of doers that work passionately to apply imaginative advances in robotics and software to solve real-world problems that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet.
The AR Sortation Solutions Design Team is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented engineer to design next-generation automated sortation systems for Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FCs), Sort Centers (SCs), and Amazon Logistics (AMZL). A successful candidate will have deep expertise in sortation technologies including linear sorters, crossbelt systems, palletizing automation, and AMR/AGV applications, with the ability to understand system-of-systems level interactions across material handling equipment, robotics, and facility infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Design automated sortation, package stacking into containers, and movement solutions that integrate with upstream and downstream systems to meet throughput requirements and Amazon design standards.
- Analyze operational and financial metrics to inform design decisions and feature prioritization.
- Partner with systems engineering and operations teams to optimize deployed solution performance.
- Lead multiple concurrent projects while coordinating with internal teams, external partners, contractors, and vendors.
- Build simulation models and conduct throughput analyses to validate solution feasibility and solve complex integration challenges and tradeoffs.
- Drive technical design projects from concept through implementation, understanding system-of-systems interactions across robotics, MHE, and facility infrastructure.
- Define solution requirements and drive them to product teams, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical capabilities.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders through all design phases from initial design and systems integration through construction and startup.
- Work with product management and systems engineering to develop next-generation features that enhance solution performance.
- Travel up to 15% to sites in the US, Canada, and EU.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications include 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent. Experience with design & innovation and research & development, management of engineering design projects, and complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing is required.
- 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
- Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
- Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, electronic system design, and decision making
- Experience modeling or simulating large-scale, high-volume distribution centers
- Experience with design-in-safety
Benefits
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:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
Pay
The base salary range for this position is $132,100.00 - $178,800.00 USD annually. 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.