Sr Controls Systems Engineer Mechatronics

The role of the Sr. Controls Engineer is to advantage Amazons packaging platforms to surprise and delight Amazons external customers and internal fulfillment network through the creation development and of highly flexible and efficient packaging machinery and automation platforms.

The primary role of the Sr. Controls Engineer is to execute advanced motion control systems design and programing that enable Amazons scaled packaging platforms (designs) to meet or exceed our external customers expectations for the products that they buy yet works flawlessly through the internal supply chain delivering the lowest total cost and highest level of sustainability. To achieve this goal the Controls Engineer will have deep knowledge of advanced motion control systems system architecture integration across HMI PLC Motion Control and the incorporation subsystems critical to the design requirements including but not limited to safety systems adhesive application labeling date coding and vision systems. Also core to the role is the programing of these subsystems (HMI PLC Motion Safety ancillary systems) required for the machinery and automation to deliver against the design requirements. At the core the controls engineer will execute platform specific control systems design integration and programing at the project / platform level of Amazons packaging machinery and automation resulting in the improvement of the sustainability and total cost position of our packaging. Overall the Controls System Development Engineer is responsible for programming technical writing tasks electrical schematic interpretation to IO lists parts BOM creation full system development scaling system design (operational performance & scalability) networking OS configuration operational excellence as well as performing in depth root cause analysis of current automation systems.

Key job responsibilities
The Sr. Controls Engineer will work in close coordination with the Electrical and Mechanical engineering resources on the project team our prototyping and internal manufacturing as well as MSP functions of scaled manufacturing RME and other technical support teams to ensure the machinery and automation platforms deliver against the project objectives (rate availability quality cost functionality) at validation commissioning and the ongoing life of the assets.

A day in the life
Work as part of a technical project team of Electrical Mechanical Packaging and Manufacturing engineers to execute the detailed design and programing of advanced packaging machinery & automation
Own the design of the systems architecture including the HMI PLC Motion safety and ancillary systems at the project / platform level while ensuring the technical cost and timeline objectives are achieved
Execute the programing of subsystems as required (HMI PLC Motion Safety and ancillary systems)
In conjunction with the Electrical Engineering ensure project documentation is complete and scalable for electrical schematics BOM I/Os and subsystem programs
Support the project team in the safety certification of the project / platform (CE UL CSA TUV etc..
Participate in topical meetings to ensure the project or development sets the benchmark for customer experience supply chain performance and sustainability.

About the team
Amazon Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging (MSP) is looking for an Industrial Automation Developer to join the team and work on developing the next generation of Amazon Fulfilment robotic and automation technology. Our Team is pushing the boundaries of traditional Industrial Automation design leverage internal Edge Compute technologies SoftPLCs and Amazon Web Services to develop highly scalable resilient and secure Control Systems Applications. MSP develops highly automated Pack and Sort Technology for Amazon Fulfillment to improve productivity and safety in our processes. Aligning mechatronics and packaging into one organization (Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging MSP) enables Amazon to develop deploy and scale automated solutions across the Amazon Fulfillment Network especially from Pick to SLAM for the Automated Robotics Sortable (ARS) network. This group works backwards from deep customer insights to deliver solutions that seamlessly integrate into brownfield and greenfield deployments with safety as a top priority. In addition Sustainable Packaging solutions are a thread that impacts and connects all parts of the Amazon Stores supply chain and customer experience. They take ownership for the entire packaging experience including selling partner design first/middle/last mile and total customer experience. They eliminate waste and packaging wherever possible. Where Amazon added packaging is required they are transitioning from singleuse plastics to curbside recyclable paperbased materials.

Experience leading the design build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
5 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing large scale systems experience
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Java C C# Rust
Experience with CI/CD development methodology
Bachelors Degree in Automation Controls or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
10 years experience in advanced motion control platforms (HMI PLC Motion Safety) integrated design and programming
5 years experience with motion control software (Rockwell Rexroth Beckhoff B&R Siemens)

Experience with distributed systems at scale
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and live site operations
Safety programming experience and safety certification experience (CE UL CSA TUV)
Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as EtherCAT MQTT or equivalent
Experience with integration of advanced visions systems (Keyence Cognex or similar) labeling and other ancillary device integration
Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
Experience in one or more relevant technical areas: robotics sensors realtime systems embedded systems distributed systems simulation highperformance scientific computing or building infrastructure for engineering/science users.

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