Senior Solutions Architect, Automotive & Manufacturing

About the role

The Automotive and Manufacturing Solutions Architecture team is a specialized group of technologists passionate about helping the world's leading vehicle manufacturers, industrial companies, and mobility innovators transform through cloud. We work at the intersection of current technology and physical-world engineering — from the factory floor to the connected car to the autonomous future. Our team values deep industry expertise, intellectual curiosity, and a builder mentality.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact and trusted advisor for assigned Automotive and Manufacturing accounts, engaging Director-level engineering leaders and senior technical stakeholders.
• Architect and design scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions for industry-specific workloads including connected vehicle data platforms, digital twin environments, MES/SCADA cloud integration, and smart factory deployments.
• Bridge IT and OT — connect traditional enterprise IT architectures with operational technology (OT) environments on the shop floor and at the edge, leveraging AWS IoT, edge, and hybrid services.
• Develop and execute technical account plans aligned with customers' business objectives and digital transformation roadmaps.
• Lead proof-of-concept engagements and architectural reviews to accelerate customer adoption and de-risk production deployments.
• Provide customer feedback to AWS service teams and advocate for industry-relevant feature development.
• Contribute to industry thought leadership — create reference architectures, blog posts, and reusable technical assets for the vertical.
• Present at AWS events (re:Invent, Summits, industry conferences) and participate in customer technical workshops.
• Share knowledge and best practices with peers in the Solutions Architecture community, contributing to technical community development.
• Stay current with industry megatrends (electrification, SDV, Industry 4.0, sustainability) and connect them with AWS capabilities to drive customer outcomes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience architecting or deploying Cloud/Virtualization solutions in enterprise customers
• Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• Working knowledge of at least two of the following domains: IoT/edge computing, data analytics/data lakes, AI/ML, HPC, DevOps/CI-CD, or application modernization.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of solving problems with technology in the Automotive & Manufacturing industries experience
• Experience selling into or working for large companies
• AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification, or Cloud Technology Certification
• Experience with connected vehicle / IoT platforms, including vehicle data ingestion, telematics, V2X, and over-the-air (OTA) update architectures.
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 concepts: digital twins, predictive maintenance, computer vision for quality inspection, and manufacturing execution systems.

Benefits

Amazon 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.

Pay

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, IL, Chicago - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time position.