Senior Embedded Safety Robotics Engineer

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

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.