Robotics Real-Time Safety & Autonomy SDE

Amazon; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Pasadena, CA seeks a Software Dev Engineer to own the software infrastructure for a universal safety layer across platforms, interfacing with autonomy stacks, perception, and controls. You will build hardware abstractions and real-time interfaces to test safety filters on dynamic robots.

The role requires 5+ years in robotics software, proficiency in C++/Python, and experience with ROS/ROS2 and safety-critical applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in robotics software development, including work with real robot systems.
• Proficiency in C++ and/or Python with production-quality code for real-time systems.
• Experience developing software for robotic systems, embedded platforms, or safety-critical applications.
• Familiarity with robotics middleware (ROS/ROS2) and real-time communication frameworks.
• Experience designing software abstractions, APIs, or hardware abstraction layers for multi-platform deployment.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including version control, CI/CD, code reviews, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the software integration layer that enables SAF Lab to interface with diverse robot platforms (mobile robots, manipulators, dynamically stable robots)
• Build robust abstractions and APIs that decouple the safety layer from platform-specific hardware, enabling rapid deployment across new robot form factors
• Collaborate with motion planning, learning, perception, and controls teams to ensure seamless data flow and real-time interfaces between safety systems and autonomy stacks
• Have knowledge of running and maintaining robotics hardware, debugging and mitigating hardware testing issues, and evaluating control policies on hardware.
• Write high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code in C++ and/or Python for real-time robotics applications
• Define integration testing strategies and build both simulation and hardware validation pipelines to verify safety behavior across platforms
• Contribute to system design reviews, technical documentation, and cross-team alignment on interface contracts
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in real-time safety-critical software paths

Skills

C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

Real-time systems

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

ROS/ROS2

RTOS

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Pasadena, CA seeks a Software Dev Engineer to own the software infrastructure for a universal safety layer across platforms, interfacing with autonomy stacks, perception, and controls. You will build hardware abstractions and real-time interfaces to test safety filters on dynamic robots.

The role requires 5+ years in robotics software, proficiency in C++/Python, and experience with ROS/ROS2 and safety-critical applications.