Senior Software Engineer – Autonomous Robotics Motion & Planning

Amazon

North Reading (MA)

On-site

USD 168,100 - 227,400

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision
Parental leave
PTO
401(k) Plan

Job summary

Amazon Robotics AMS Motion is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to lead architectural decisions for autonomous navigation components, including motion and task planning, control, and ROS/ROS2 code. You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team collaboration, and shape production robotics systems for safety and efficiency in fulfillment centers worldwide.

You will design generalized motion planning solutions, build ML training pipelines, and own development metrics and alarms while

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
  • 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including reviews and operations.
  • Experience as a tech lead or mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Design motion planning and task planning systems that generalize to new environments.
  • Develop and improve motion planning algorithms.
  • Build and own training pipelines for ML-based motion planning.
  • Lead metrics, analysis frameworks, and alarms for motion planning issues.
  • Align interfaces across Perception, SLAM, Infrastructure, Fleet Management.
  • Set code quality standards in C++, TypeScript, Python, ROS/ROS2.
  • Mentor engineers through reviews to raise team capability.

Skills

Software development experience
Leadership experience
Mentor / tech lead
Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

C++
TypeScript
ROS/ROS2
ML frameworks
TensorFlow / PyTorch

Job description

Amazon Robotics AMS Motion is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to lead architectural decisions for autonomous navigation components, including motion and task planning, control, and ROS/ROS2 code. You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team collaboration, and shape production robotics systems for safety and efficiency in fulfillment centers worldwide.

You will design generalized motion planning solutions, build ML training pipelines, and own development metrics and alarms while

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