Senior Real-Time Robotics Controls Engineer

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's robotics team seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design and deploy real-time control software for robotic workcells. You will integrate embedded systems, motion control, and distributed software to deliver high-performance automation in production environments.

You will architect control software, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware teams to optimize interfaces and drivers for industrial PCs and RTOS platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience with embedded development in C/C++
• Experience in real-time control and robotics domains
• Proficiency in software design including architecture and patterns
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time embedded control software for robotic workcells and sensors
• Develop architectures balancing performance with maintainability
• Lead design and architecture reviews for control systems
• Collaborate with hardware teams to define interfaces and drivers
• Mentor teammates on embedded practices and RT programming
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Real-time control

Robotics

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Amazon's robotics team seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design and deploy real-time control software for robotic workcells. You will integrate embedded systems, motion control, and distributed software to deliver high-performance automation in production environments.

You will architect control software, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware teams to optimize interfaces and drivers for industrial PCs and RTOS platforms.