Senior Embedded Robotics SDE, Compass

Amazon; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Robotics is seeking an Embedded SDE to own a library of safety‑critical software modules and drive them through formal certification. You will translate R&D algorithm code into production‑grade, certifiable embedded software that meets stringent safety standards.

You will define software requirements, guide upstream teams, and push the software through the full certification lifecycle, collaborating with safety engineers to ensure traceability from requirements to evidence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Own the library of safety‑critical embedded software modules, taking full responsibility for their quality, maintainability, and certification readiness.
• Translate R&D algorithm code from the core development team into production‑grade, certifiable embedded software that meets functional safety standards.
• Define and communicate software requirements and constraints upstream to the core R&D team, ensuring their algorithm development is compatible with certification objectives.
• Drive the software through the full safety certification lifecycle, producing the code, documentation, and evidence required for formal certification.
• Develop and maintain embedded software following safety‑critical coding standards (e.g., MISRA C++, AUTOSAR) and best practices for deterministic, real‑time execution.
• Collaborate with safety engineers, lab engineers, and the testing/quality SDE to ensure end‑to‑end traceability from safety requirements through implementation to certification evidence.

Skills

Software development

Programming experience

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Description

Are you an embedded software engineer who wants to own the code that keeps robots safe and can prove it to the world? At Amazon Robotics, we're seeking an Embedded SDE to own our library of safety-critical software modules and drive them through formal certification. The Compass team is building a library of safety‑critical software modules that will serve as the certified safety foundation for Amazon’s entire robotics fleet. In this role, you’ll own that software. Our core development team conducts R&D on novel algorithms your job is to take that R&D and translate it into production‑grade, certifiable embedded software that meets the highest safety standards. You’ll also work upstream, expressing requirements and constraints that the core R&D team needs to be aware of so their work can ultimately be certified. If you want to own the software that stands between robots and the people around them and take it all the way from research prototype to certified product, then this role is for you.

• Own the library of safety‑critical embedded software modules, taking full responsibility for their quality, maintainability, and certification readiness
• Translate R&D algorithm code from the core development team into production‑grade, certifiable embedded software that meets functional safety standards
• Define and communicate software requirements and constraints upstream to the core R&D team, ensuring their algorithm development is compatible with certification objectives
• Drive the software through the full safety certification lifecycle, producing the code, documentation, and evidence required for formal certification
• Develop and maintain embedded software following safety‑critical coding standards (e.g., MISRA C++, AUTOSAR) and best practices for deterministic, real‑time execution
• Collaborate with safety engineers, lab engineers, and the testing/quality SDE to ensure end‑to‑end traceability from safety requirements through implementation to certification evidence

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full‑time employees include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan

About The Team

Work with the inventors of control barrier functions on a novel, universal approach to safe autonomy: one that scales across mobile robots, manipulators, mobile manipulators, and future robot platforms with dynamic stability. You’ll push the boundary of safe performance by integrating safety with motion planning, RL, and foundation models, ensuring that safety is never a blocker to robot performance. Your work will underpin robots operating alongside people at Amazon’s unprecedented scale.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, PASADENA - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10516796