Senior Robotics SW Engineer , Velocity

Amazon; Town of Westboro (WI); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Velocity software team, focusing on perception and localization for autonomous systems. You will work with an exceptional group of engineers building platform and architecture for perception, motion planning, and control, collaborating across teams to enhance robotic capabilities.

The role emphasizes expertise in C++, Python, ROS, and AWS, with responsibilities spanning sensor integration, sensor fusion, ML infrastructure, and performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with perception, localization, sensor-fusion, computer-vision, or machine-learning for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating and integrating new sensors into the autonomy software stack.
• Developing sensor fusion techniques for obstacle detection and localization.
• Developing machine-learning capabilities and infrastructure for robotic perception and localization.
• Optimizing runtime performance of autonomy algorithms by exploiting hardware acceleration.
• Building frameworks for large-scale replay and analysis of pre-recorded sensor data.
• Building frameworks to monitor and manage resource utilization on embedded compute platform.
• Building visualization tools for analyzing and debugging robot behavior.

Skills

C++

Python

Sensor fusion

Localization

Mentor / tech lead

Autonomy software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

ROS

AWS

Job description

Description

RDPI's Velocity software team develops the autonomy software that powers Velocity. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our perception and localization team. You will be part of an exceptional group of engineers building the platform and architecture for our perception, motion planning and control software. In addition, you will collaborate with engineers cross the team to develop and enhance our robotic capabilities.

Key job responsibilities

• Evaluating and integrating new sensors into the autonomy software stack.
• Developing sensor fusion techniques for obstacle detection and localization.
• Developing machine-learning capabilities and infrastructure for robotic perception and localization.
• Optimizing runtime performance of autonomy algorithms by exploiting underlying hardware acceleration capabilities.
• Building frameworks for large-scale replay and analysis of events in pre-recorded sensor data.
• Building frameworks to monitor and manage resource utilization on embedded compute platform.
• Building visualization tools for analyzing and debugging robot behavior.

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
• Experience with perception, localization, sensor-fusion, computer-vision, or machine-learning for robotics.
• Expertise in modern C++ and experience with python.
• Experience with Robot Operating System (ROS) or similar robotic frameworks.
• Experience with AWS services and technologies

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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, MA, Westboro - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Company

- Amazon.com Services LLC