Robotics Hardware Engineer, Data Center Robotics

Amazon.com; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Robotics Hardware Engineer to design, prototype, and bring to production mechanical and thermal systems for data-center robots.

You will own hardware from concept through production, collaborating with robotics software, electrical, and ML engineers to meet sensor mounting and thermal budgets in a demanding environment. The role requires strong analytical skills, hands-on CFD/FEA validation, and a focus on DFM/DFA.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with data-driven decision making.
• Ability to interact with customers, project sponsors, engineers, and multiple internal teams.
• Experience in hardware development from concept to production and manufacturing ramp.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of engineering efforts from product development through design, test and validation, to at-scale deployment.
• Apply data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
• Collaborate with robotics software, electrical, and ML engineers to ensure mechanical designs meet sensor and thermal requirements.
• Champion DFM/DFA throughout the development cycle and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware design

Tools

CAD

FEA

CFD

Job description

Robotics Hardware Engineer, Data Center Robotics

Job ID: 10595509 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensures our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Within AIS, the DC Robotics team is driving game changing and rapid innovation used by AWS globally. Our products will fundamentally change our data centers, providing operational efficiencies and financial benefits that are critical to the success of AWS and its millions of customers. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems and take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry. This role provides the opportunity to be a technical lead driving the innovations being developed and deployed in the next generation data centers.
AWS is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design, prototype, and bring to production the mechanical and thermal systems that enable robots to operate reliably in our data centers. You will own hardware from early-stage concept sketches and CAD models through FEA/CFD validation, prototype builds, manufacturing engagement, and production ramp. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable running a CFD simulation on a cooling manifold as they are on the shop floor reviewing first articles with a supplier. This role closely collaborates with robotics software engineers, electrical engineers, and ML engineers to ensure that mechanical designs meet sensor mounting requirements, thermal budgets, serviceability targets, and the harsh realities of a data center environment. You will be the bridge between design intent and manufactured reality - championing DFM/DFA throughout the development cycle and driving continuous improvement once hardware is in the field.
As Amazon has a global presence, intermittent travel will be necessary and should be expected to be approximately 30% to AWS offices, data centers, suppliers, vendors, and product validation tests. While most travel will be domestic, some international travel may be required.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of engineering efforts from product development through design, test and validation, to at scale deployment
• Apply demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills; use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
• Effectively interact and collaborate with customers, project sponsors, engineers, and multiple internal teams to define and deliver complex solutions
• Proactively recognize and drive opportunities to simplify processes
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and balance business needs with technical constraints
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
• Create, maintain, and disseminate program information to stakeholders

About the team

Why AWS

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Diverse Experiences

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Work/Life Balance

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