Sensor System Engineer (Robotic vision), Amazon Robotics

Socket.dev; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Maternity and Parental Leave Options

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Amazon Robotics is seeking a Sensor System Engineer for the Machine Vision Systems team in North Reading, MA. This cross-disciplinary SME role bridges customers, product strategy, and technical execution, translating real-world needs into actionable sensor solutions for next-generation robotic platforms.

You will engage customers, define product requirements, and shape sensor architectures across mechanical, electrical, and optical domains, enabling cohesive system-level solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Systems Engineering or related field.
• Experience translating customer needs into product requirements and designs.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technical contact for customers; conduct discovery and translate needs into technical specifications.
• Define product requirements and shape sensor roadmap based on feedback and feasibility.
• Contribute to sensor system architecture across mechanical, electrical, and optical domains.
• Benchmark sensing technologies and analyze competitiveness in robotics sensing.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies for customer applications.
• Collaborate across hardware, firmware, optical, mechanical, electrical, test, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Customer engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems engineering

Sensor technologies (imaging, depth,Li

Translate requirements into specs

Product roadmaps

Trade-off analysis

Communication & presentation

Mobile robotics sensing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related fields

Job description

We are seeking a Sensor System Engineer to join the Machine Vision Systems team at Amazon Robotics. This is a cross-disciplinary Subject Matter Expert (SME) role that bridges the gap between customers, product strategy, and deep technical execution. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of systems engineering, product management, and customer engagement, translating real-world needs into actionable sensor solutions for next-generation robotic platforms.

Key job responsibilities

• Customer Engagement & Requirements Gathering: Serve as a primary technical point of contact for internal and external customers. Conduct discovery sessions, gather use‑case requirements, and translate customer needs into quantifiable technical specifications and design goals.
• Product Definition & Roadmap Support: Partner with product management to define product requirements, prioritize features, and shape the sensor product roadmap based on customer feedback, market trends, and technical feasibility.
• System Architecture: Contribute to sensor system architecture selections, ensuring designs meet performance, cost, reliability, and integration requirements across mechanical, electrical, and optical domains.
• Technology Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis: Evaluate emerging sensing technologies, benchmark against competitive solutions, and identify opportunities to differentiate. Maintain awareness of industry trends, academic research, and market dynamics in robotics sensing (navigation, perception, manipulation).
• Technical Challenge Identification: Proactively identify and communicate technical risks and enablement problems for customer applications. Develop mitigation strategies and trade‑off assessments to guide engineering selections.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work across hardware, firmware, optical, mechanical, electrical, test, and manufacturing teams to ensure cohesive system‑level solutions. Communicate effectively across disciplines to align stakeholders on requirements and priorities.

A day in the life

Mornings typically begin with cross‑functional standups alongside optical, electrical, and mechanical teams to align on sensor development priorities. Mid‑morning involves customer calls — gathering requirements, clarifying use cases, and presenting technical trade‑offs. Afternoons shift between benchmarking vying sensor technologies, updating product requirement documents, and collaborating with product managers on roadmap selections. Time is also spent examining market trends, reviewing architecture proposals, and documenting technical challenges that impact customer enablement. The role requires constant context‑switching between deep technical analysis and stakeholder communication, ensuring customer needs continuously inform engineering direction.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related fields
• Basic Qualifications:- Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs
• Basic Qualifications:- Experience working effectively across cross‑functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
• Basic Qualifications:- Experience translating customer needs into innovative and detailed product requirements for customer‑facing online and mobile products/services
• Basic Qualifications:- 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, sensor development, or related technical roles
• Basic Qualifications:- Strong understanding of sensor technologies (imaging, depth sensing, LiDAR, ToF, or similar)
• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology
• Preferred Qualifications:- Knowledge of key technology and market trends
• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with written and verbal communication and presentation
• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience working in a fast‑paced and highly cross‑functional organization
• Preferred Qualifications:- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related fields
• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience in mobile robotics sensing applications (navigation, manipulation, perception)
• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with optoelectronic packaging, sensor architecture, or system‑level integration

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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, North Reading - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually