Senior Industrial Designer, WWEI- Automation

Amazon Inc.; Tennessee; On-site; USD 126,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Nashville, TN is seeking an Industrial Designer III to lead the design of next‑generation automation and material‑handling products for Middle Mile and Sub‑Same Day operations, spanning concept sketches through prototyping, testing, and production deployment.

You will collaborate with hardware, systems, controls, and manufacturing teams, apply human factors and ergonomics, help shape product vision, and mentor other designers while leveraging AI to accelerate ideation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or foreign equivalent.
• Experience in management of engineering design projects.
• Experience using MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end industrial design of automation products, from sketches to production-ready specs.
• Define and validate design requirements considering scalability, manufacturability and cost.
• Apply human factors and ergonomics to workcells, carts, and stations to reduce risk.
• Contribute to product vision and roadmap planning to maximize operational impact.
• Mentor designers and promote design best practices; use generative AI to accelerate ideation.

Skills

5+ years design & innovation

5+ years specialty experience

System architecture concepts

Optimization and system dynamics

Reliability analysis knowledge

Electronic system design

Decision making skills

Complex automated material handling

Design-in-safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or foreign equivalent

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

CAD software

Job description

Job ID: 10562517 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Do you want to shape how automation products are conceived, built, and experienced by thousands of associates across Amazon's operations network? As an Industrial Designer III, you will lead the design of next-generation automation and material-handling products for Amazon's Middle Mile and Sub-Same Day operations. Your work will span the full product development lifecycle — from identifying operational opportunities and sketching early concepts through prototyping, testing, design validation, and production deployment.

Amazon is accelerating its investment in automation, with a growing portfolio of robotic, material-handling, and low-cost automation products moving from early concepts into pilots and scaled rollouts. This role gives you the chance to establish industrial design principles and standards, influence products before designs are locked, and ensure that associate experience, ergonomics, usability, and manufacturability are considered from day one alongside engineering performance.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end industrial design of automation and material-handling products — from concept sketches and digital prototypes through design validation and production-ready specifications — partnering with hardware, systems, controls, and manufacturing teams.
• Define and validate design requirements by clarifying assumptions, understanding system dependencies, and making trade-offs between scalability, manufacturability, cost, and associate experience.
• Apply human factors and ergonomic principles to products such as robotic workcells, material-handling equipment, carts, containers, and workstations, reducing safety risks and simplifying associate workflows.
• Contribute to product vision and roadmap planning by identifying where to focus design efforts for the greatest operational impact, and by aligning design strategy with program goals and deployment timelines.
• Mentor other designers, establish and drive adoption of design best practices, and use generative AI tools where appropriate to accelerate ideation and refine design outputs.

A day in the life

You might start your morning reviewing prototype feedback from hardware engineering, then present concept directions to leadership in a design review. After lunch you could be refining a workcell component in CAD to meet ergonomic targets, followed by a working session with operations and safety partners to validate how associates will interact with a new piece of equipment. You will also spend time in operational sites observing real workflows, rapidly prototyping solutions, and seeing your designs perform in the field.

About the team

Our team of approximately 20 engineers and technical program leaders owns end-to-end automation product development for Amazon's Middle Mile and Sub-Same Day networks. We bring together hardware engineering, industrial design, systems and integration engineering, software and controls, data and simulation, supply chain, and technical program management to solve problems at the complete product and system level.

We work closely with Operations, Workplace Health and Safety, Robotics, Operations Technology, and external manufacturing partners. Team members split their time between product development and working directly in operational sites, giving you the chance to observe real challenges, prototype solutions on the ground, and see your designs deployed at scale.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development
• Experience in management of engineering design projects
• Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
• Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, electronic system design, and decision making
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
• Experience with design-in-safety

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 .

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.