Senior Hardware Engineer - Last-Mile Robotics

Amazon; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr Hardware Engineer (Mechanical) to lead the mechanical design and integration of delivery robots into Amazon's last-mile ecosystem, focusing on in-van docking, charging, and station infrastructure. You will own mechanical systems from concept through production for thousands of vans and stations, balancing robustness, cost, and manufacturability in a high-volume logistics setting.

The role intersects vehicle engineering, robotics hardware, operations, and safety, requiring

Qualifications

• 4+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with prototyping and implementation

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design and integration of robot-related systems within delivery vans, including robot docking, retention, deployment, and secure transport.
• Design in-van charging solutions for robots, including mechanical interfaces, alignment features, thermal considerations, and serviceability requirements.
• Lead mechanical design for robot ingress/egress mechanisms, ramps, guides, or fixtures that enable safe and repeatable robot deployment and retrieval.
• Define and implement station-side infrastructure such as cart docking, robot staging, and handoff interfaces that integrate with existing warehouse workflows.
• Translate operational and autonomy requirements into clear mechanical requirements, tolerances, and design constraints.
• Partner with electrical, firmware, robotics, and vehicle engineering teams to ensure end-to-end system integration.
• Drive designs through concept, prototyping, validation, and production, including DFMEA, tolerance analysis, and environmental testing.
• Ensure solutions meet safety, ergonomics, and regulatory requirements, including vehicle and workplace safety standards.
• Optimize designs for cost, manufacturability, durability, and ease of maintenance at fleet scale.
• Support pilot deployments and field testing, rapidly iterating designs based on real-world feedback from drivers and operations teams.

Skills

Mechanical design

Prototyping

DFMEA

Tolerance analysis

FEA basics

Tools

SolidWorks

Ansys

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Sr Hardware Engineer (Mechanical) to lead the mechanical design and integration of delivery robots into Amazon's last-mile ecosystem, focusing on in-van docking, charging, and station infrastructure. You will own mechanical systems from concept through production for thousands of vans and stations, balancing robustness, cost, and manufacturability in a high-volume logistics setting.

The role intersects vehicle engineering, robotics hardware, operations, and safety, requiring