Lead Embedded Electrical Engineer Robotic Manipulation

Amazon; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Embedded Electrical Engineer to be the founding EE on the Manipulation Robotics hardware team. You will own the electrical design from concept through production for robotic arms and end-effectors, shaping the electrical architecture and firmware interfaces within compact, capable grasping systems.

You will partner with systems, mechanical, and firmware teams to tackle thermal, packaging, and scalability challenges, and you will lead prototype builds, validation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in electrical hardware design including analog and digital circuits.
• Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout and DFM using industry EDA tools.
• Experience architecting complex electromechanical products with tight packaging, thermal design and scalability.
• Experience with component selection, sourcing, and vendor management for electromechanical systems.
• Expert-level experience with power electronics and BLDC motor drives.
• Knowledge of power electronics, signal integrity, and EMC/EMI considerations for multi-board systems.

Responsibilities

• Influence hardware and electrical strategy across the Manipulation Robotics group and adjacent programs.
• Own the electrical architecture and board-level design for robotic arm systems and end-of-arm tooling, including power distribution, signal routing, sensor integration, and embedded compute.
• Design tightly integrated electromechanical packages, embedding sensors, cameras, and control electronics into compact grasping mechanisms; define firmware architectures and interfaces.
• Perform schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout; direct and review work from internal and external partners.
• Select and qualify components based on performance, cost, reliability, and supply-chain resilience.
• Define electrical interfaces between subsystems and coordinate with EE teams for compatibility and reuse.
• Collaborate with systems and mechanical engineers on requirements, targets, timing, and cost tradeoffs; manage thermal and routing constraints.
• Build and debug prototypes; develop test plans for board bring-up, signal integrity, and system verification.
• Engage with contractors and contract manufacturers for fabrication, assembly, and sourcing; manage external partnerships.
• Aid product releases to manufacturing including DFM/DFT reviews and production ramp.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Power electronics

EMC/EMI

Vendor management

Embedded systems

Firmware interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Tools

Altium Designer

OrCAD/Cadence

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Embedded Electrical Engineer to be the founding EE on the Manipulation Robotics hardware team. You will own the electrical design from concept through production for robotic arms and end-effectors, shaping the electrical architecture and firmware interfaces within compact, capable grasping systems.

You will partner with systems, mechanical, and firmware teams to tackle thermal, packaging, and scalability challenges, and you will lead prototype builds, validation, and