Sr Manager, Hardware Dev, Last Mile Delivery Automation

The Senior Manager of Hardware Development will lead the end-to-end design development validation and industrialization of hardware platforms that enable Amazons next generation of last-mile delivery automation. This role owns the physical robot and vehicle-adjacent hardware systems that operate in complex unstructured outdoor environments and directly impact customer experience associate safety and Amazons cost-to-serve.

This leader will manage multidisciplinary hardware teams spanning mechanical electrical thermal compute sensing and manufacturing engineering and will be accountable for translating business requirements into scalable safety-certifiable hardware architectures. The role requires deep technical judgment to balance performance reliability safety cost and supply-chain resilience while operating under tight timelines from prototype through pilot and into high-volume production.

The Senior Manager will partner closely with autonomy software operations safety and supply-chain teams to ensure tight hardwaresoftware co-design and smooth integration into Amazons broader last-mile technology ecosystem. They will drive design reviews make one-way and two-way door decisions own vendor strategy (including ODM/JDM and contract manufacturing) and establish robust validation and qualification processes across diverse operating conditions (weather terrain human interaction and regulatory constraints).

Success in this role means delivering hardware platforms that are not only technically excellent but also manufacturable at scale serviceable in the field and economically viableenabling Amazon to safely deploy robotic delivery systems across cities climates and use cases while continuously improving reliability safety metrics and total cost of ownership.

Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end hardware delivery for last-mile delivery automation platforms from architecture definition and prototype development through pilot deployment and high-volume production ensuring performance safety reliability cost and scalability targets are met.

Lead and grow a multidisciplinary hardware organization including mechanical electrical compute sensing thermal reliability and manufacturing engineering teams; set technical direction operating mechanisms and talent development plans.

Define hardware architecture and system tradeoffs making high-judgment decisions across actuators power systems sensors compute structures and thermal design to meet demanding outdoor ODD safety certification and autonomy requirements.

Drive hardwaresoftware co-design in close partnership with autonomy perception controls and platform software teams to ensure seamless integration clear ownership boundaries and rapid iteration from lab to field.

Own vendor and supply-chain strategy including ODM/JDM selection contract manufacturing component sourcing and long-term cost-down roadmaps while managing geopolitical regulatory and single-supplier risks.

Establish robust validation verification and qualification frameworks covering environmental durability reliability growth safety manufacturability and serviceability across diverse weather terrain and human-interaction scenarios.

Lead safety-critical design and certification efforts partnering with safety legal and regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards and to define Amazon-specific safety bars for operating in public spaces.

Own hardware cost and business outcomes including BOM targets yield warranty exposure field failure rates and total cost of ownership with clear mechanisms to link hardware decisions to Amazons cost-to-serve metrics.

Drive cross-functional execution and alignment coordinating with operations deployment field service and last-mile technology teams to ensure hardware is operationally viable and scalable.

Represent hardware strategy at the executive level clearly communicating tradeoffs risks milestones and investment needs and influencing roadmap and resourcing decisions across Amazon leadership.

About the team
The Last Mile Delivery Automation Hardware team is responsible for building the physical platforms that enable safe scalable and cost-effective robotic delivery at Amazon. The team designs and delivers safety-critical hardware systemsincluding robots compute and sensor platforms power and actuation systems and manufacturable mechanical architecturesthat operate in complex unstructured outdoor environments alongside customers associates and the public. Working closely with autonomy software operations safety and supply-chain partners the team focuses on tight hardwaresoftware co-design rapid learning through pilots and disciplined transition from prototype to high-volume production. Our mission is to turn robotics technology into reliable serviceable products that can be deployed across cities climates and delivery use cases while continuously improving safety customer experience and Amazons cost to serve.

- 5 years of manufacturing process industrial engineering experience
- 10 years of engineering team management experience
- Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field
- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience in manufacturing process or industrial engineering
- Experience developing and testing mechanical robotics equipment
- Experience in system-level integration
- Experience with DFx (cost test manufacturing)

- Masters degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of MS Excel AutoCAD MS Project and software for technical document writing such as Visio Word or PowerPoint
- Experience in technical leadership of development testing and implementation of large-scale complex technology projects
- Experience working as a technical lead

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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 WA Bellevue - 179700.00 - 243100.00 USD annually