SDE II, Perception and SLAM, Autonomous Mobility

Application deadline: Jul 27 2026

The Amazon Robotics Autonomous Mobility software team develops the autonomy software that powers Proteus Amazons first fully autonomous warehouse robot. We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Development Engineer to join our perception localization and machine learning team. You will be part of an exceptional group of collaborative engineers building the platform and architecture for our onboard mapping perception motion planning and control addition you will collaborate with engineers and scientists across the team to develop cloud-based robot log replay and simulation capabilities..

Key job responsibilities
Specific areas of focus may include (but are not limited too):
- Design and develop perception capabilities for new sensor modalities 3D obstacle avoidance and localization to support a new types of mobile robots.
- Explore new agentic AI capabilities for task generalization.
- Design and implement robotic applications and infrastructure in the cloud.
- Collaborate with machine learning and perception experts to implement measure and deploy algorithms such as machine learning models.
- Influence the teams strategy and contribute to long-term vision and roadmap for generalizable autonomous mobile robotics.
- Maintain high standards by participating in reviews designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence and creating mechanisms for continuous improvement.
- Prototype and test concepts or features both through simulation emulators and with live robotic equipment
- Profile tune and optimize system performance.
- Mentor other engineer team members.

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!


About the team
We are a multi-disciplinary team of collaborative Applied Scientists and Software Engineers with expertise in Computer Vision SLAM motion planning and controls. Our mission is to deliver a robust software solution the utilizes state-of-the-art sensor technologies and algorithms to enable safe and efficient operation of autonomous mobile robots throughout the Amazon fulfillment and transportation network. We take this mission seriously and work hard to achieve it but we have a lot of fun along the way. After all whats more fun than building robots

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience with AWS or other cloud services.

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Experience with data modeling warehousing and building ETL pipelines
- Hands-on experience with robotic systems.
- Experience with robotic sensor modalities obstacle avoidance and localization systems.
- Experience with AWS - any or all of EC2 S3 EBS ELB Dynamo DB EMR Glue Athena
- Experience developing cloud services with an understanding of design for scalability performance and reliability
- Experience with mobile robotics including the areas of machine learning data labeling sensor procession perception and localization.
- Experience with AI-native development and Agentic AI tools and frameworks.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 CO Denver - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually
USA MA North Reading - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually