Robotics Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

Amazon Inc.; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's RIVR team in Switzerland seeks a senior engineering leader to drive robotics software, guiding backend architectures and edge deployments.

You will design a production-grade Linux distro with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, lead teams across SaaS backends, ML infra, and OTA mechanisms, collaborating with hardware engineers to optimize performance and reliability.

Packaging robust solutions for real-world automation in smart urban environments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years leading engineering teams, managing sprints.
• 7+ years building and operating large-scale backend systems (SOA or microservices).
• AWS architecting experience.
• Experience with ML training infrastructure in SDLC and data safety/compliance.
• Strong communication and ownership with technical depth.

Responsibilities

• Design a production-grade Linux distribution from scratch using Yocto/OpenEmbedded.
• Develop and maintain custom Yocto layers, write/patch bitbake recipes, and configure Linux kernels for hardware peripherals.
• Hardware enablement for sensors (GMSL cameras, GPS/GNSS, IMUs, LiDAR).
• Implement and manage robust OTA update solutions for fleet-wide deployments.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to bring up boards, modify Device Trees, and debug interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN, UART).
• Profile and optimize boot time, memory footprint, and interrupt latency.

Skills

Team leadership

Sprint management

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Leadership coaching

Tools

AWS

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

BitBake

Device Trees

Linux kernel

Job description

Amazon's RIVR team in Switzerland seeks a senior engineering leader to drive robotics software, guiding backend architectures and edge deployments.

You will design a production-grade Linux distro with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, lead teams across SaaS backends, ML infra, and OTA mechanisms, collaborating with hardware engineers to optimize performance and reliability.

Packaging robust solutions for real-world automation in smart urban environments.