NTI Automation Controls Engineer – Shape Global Standards

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Bellevue, WA is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer for the NTI team. You will lead controls system design reviews, define standards, and evaluate PLC/HMI/SCADA implementations to ensure robust, scalable automation across robotics and material handling. Travel within NA will be required as projects scale.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering teams and vendors to evolve standards and prepare for next-generation automation across Amazon's global network.

Qualifications

• Experience designing control systems for automation and robotics.
• Familiarity with network standards and safety requirements.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering teams and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead controls system design reviews for new automation and robotics technologies, identifying gaps against network standards and working with development teams to resolve them before deployment.
• Define and maintain control system standards, programming guidelines, and integration requirements — updating them as new technology types reveal gaps.
• Evaluate PLC, HMI, and SCADA implementations against network standards and safety requirements, providing input and recommending where standards need to evolve.
• Partner with engineering teams, vendors, and stakeholders to represent control system requirements during design, pilot, and full-scale rollout phases.
• Review electrical schematics, control panel designs, and network architectures, providing feedback and updating business requirements where gaps are systemic.
• Investigate control system failures to identify root causes, drive solutions with development teams, and update standards to prevent re-occurrence across the network.
• Monitor control system performance metrics, identify recurring issues, and drive improvements back into standards and readiness criteria.
• Identify where control system architectures are overly complex or inconsistent, and drive simplification through updated standards and common requirements.

Skills

PLC

Robotics

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Bellevue, WA is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer for the NTI team. You will lead controls system design reviews, define standards, and evaluate PLC/HMI/SCADA implementations to ensure robust, scalable automation across robotics and material handling. Travel within NA will be required as projects scale.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering teams and vendors to evolve standards and prepare for next-generation automation across Amazon's global network.