Robotics Mechatronics Engineer — Production-Scale Systems

Amazon; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Robotics is seeking a Mechatronics Robot Analyst to evaluate performance, validate designs, and optimize robotic systems at scale. You will generate data-driven insights for customer requirements and refine design and testing processes to deliver reliable automation solutions.

Your work will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, creating kinematic concepts, and producing URDF models while leveraging MATLAB for dynamics analysis and simulation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, or analyzing robotic systems
• Strong understanding of robot dynamics and kinematics
• Proficiency with CAD software, particularly SolidWorks
• Deep knowledge of actuator hardware including motors, gearboxes, and electrical components
• Strong MATLAB coding skills for analysis and simulation
• Experience adapting existing codebases to new problems
• Excellent ability to handle ambiguity, prioritize work, and determine critical analysis needs
• Strong technical documentation and verbal communication skills
• Passion for developing robotic hardware technology and bringing systems to production scale

Responsibilities

• Working with an interdisciplinary team to execute product designs from concept to production including specification, design, prototyping, validation and testing
• Intake robotic concepts and high level requirements and create kinematic concepts based on a family of components
• Capability to do some basic first-precepts examination of loads and feasibility checks
• Generate URDF files
• Drive dynamics evaluation using MATLAB dynamics examination tools
• Interpret outputs of the assessment and feed back into further iteration on robot concepts
• Be able to collaborate directly with customers to align on requirements, discuss tradeoffs, communicate concepts clearly
• Ability to code/script in Matlab
• Exhibit role model behaviors of thorough engineering assessments and cradle to grave ownership
• Design and adaptation of holistic hardware solutions for ambiguous problems with fluid requirements
• Working with cross-functional teams, vendors and integrators to deliver automation solutions

Skills

Robotics experience

Problem solving

Documentation

Communication

Ambiguity management

Education

B.S. Mechanical Engineering/Robotics

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

SolidWorks

MATLAB

CAD tools

Job description

Amazon Robotics is seeking a Mechatronics Robot Analyst to evaluate performance, validate designs, and optimize robotic systems at scale. You will generate data-driven insights for customer requirements and refine design and testing processes to deliver reliable automation solutions.

Your work will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, creating kinematic concepts, and producing URDF models while leveraging MATLAB for dynamics analysis and simulation.