Sr. Industrial Design Engineer, Amazon Robotics

About the role

The Solutions Design Team is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented engineer to help design our next generation Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FCs), Sort Centers (SCs), and Amazon Logistics (AMZL). A successful candidate will have a passion for creating high-performance physical systems, strong technical problem-solving ability, excellent project management skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with and influence decision-makers at all levels. This role requires internal motivation to deliver results in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment.

Amazon Robotics culture encourages innovation and expects engineers and managers alike to take a high level of ownership in solving complex problems. The Solutions Design Team is responsible for analyzing and optimizing existing Robotic ATS performance while combining those learnings with the latest technologies to design new state-of-the-art robotic material handling systems.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep and be hands-on to drive innovative and incremental improvements to physical processing and material handling solutions using leading technology, robotics, and data analytics to meet product flow requirements based on Amazon design principles.
• Lead technical design projects in concert with your team.
• Inspire strategic design decisions by identifying and analyzing key operational and financial metrics.
• Develop models as required to solve complex problems and advocate for your team's conclusions.
• Coordinate with technology product management and systems engineering teams to develop next-gen product features that further optimize the performance of Fulfillment Centers, Sort Centers, and AMZLs.
• Manage relationships with key global leaders, partners, and customers to effectively influence, negotiate, and collaborate on systems design and integration through building construction and startup.
• Travel up to 10%.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Design/Innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in management of engineering design projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, and decision-making.
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems, and high-speed manufacturing.
• Experience with design-in-safety.
• Experience with process design based on Lean Principles.

About The Team

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 team of doers that work passionately to apply leading advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics, and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling, and fun.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and options for Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Parental leave

Pay

USA, MA, North Reading - $99,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

USA, MI, Detroit - $99,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually