Robotics Software Test Engineer, Amazon
Amazon Robotics R&D
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent
- Technical leadership experience with testing of robotic software, firmware, industrial control systems or automotive software
- Proficiency with professional software engineering practices & standard practices for the full software life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Professional software development experience with at least one modern language such as Python, C++, Java, or Kotlin including object-oriented design
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to write/present test reports
Desirable
- Master’s or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent
- Experience in one or more relevant technical areas: robotics, computer vision, machine learning, sensors, real-time systems, embedded systems, and simulation
- Experience with interdisciplinary developments that involve hardware, software, and algorithm co-design
- Demonstrated experience incubating and productionizing new technology, working closely with research scientists and technical teams from idea generation through implementation
- Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure and tool development for scientific/engineering users
- Experience with AWS (S3, Lambda, SQS) services and architecture paradigms
- Demonstrable experience in building, programming and integrating software and hardware for robotic systems
What the job involves
- Our team in Amazon Robotics builds high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans - at Amazon scale
- Our mission is to enable robots to interact safely, efficiently, and fluently with the clutter and uncertainty of real-world fulfillment centers
- In this position, you can both use state-of-the-art technology to solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work first-hand
- Architect, design, and implement automated tests for robotic software applications, infrastructure, and tools
- Create robust, high-quality, well-tested software tests to interface with robots, control sensors, actuators, and other hardware
- Coordinate and carry out the analysis of hardware-in-the-loop experiments
- Work with stakeholders across hardware, science, and operations teams
- Profile, tune, and optimize system performance
- Maintain high standards by participating in reviews, designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence, and creating mechanisms for continuous improvement
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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