Senior Architectural Design Lead, Integrated Design Solutions

Key job responsibilities

• Lead spatial design and architectural coordination integrating building shell, material handling equipment, and safety modules across fulfillment operations.
• Translate architectural drawings into operational composites, coordinating structural constraints, ceiling heights, and building systems with MHE layouts.
• Overlay safety modules (5S, egress, fire protection, WHS compliance) to facilitate safe working conditions.
• Conduct clash detection between building structure, MHE systems, and operational modules using Navisworks.
• Manage design resources across concurrent projects while serving as primary interface to Worldwide Design Engineer (WWDE), Operations, and Construction partners.
• Establish BIM standards and drive process improvements that scale across the organization.

A day in the life

Your day balances strategic program management with hands-on design leadership. You start by reviewing delivery status across your portfolio, identifying risks, and adjusting resource allocation to keep projects on track. Mid-morning, you're in Revit resolving a complex clash detection issue that's blocking a critical milestone. By afternoon, you're leading a composite review with WWDE and Operations partners, facilitating decisions on scope changes and ensuring alignment on delivery timelines.

You communicate with clarity and authority, making decisions that balance design quality, schedule pressure, and stakeholder expectations. When timelines compress or scope expands, you assess impact, propose solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development
• Experience in management of engineering design projects
• Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
• Experience with design-in-safety

Pay

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.

USA, TX, Austin - $132,100.00 - $178,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Bellevue - $132,100.00 - $178,800.00 USD annually