Senior Innovation Engineer, WW AMZL Innovation and Design Engineering

Amazon opened its virtual doors in 1995 and strives to be the worlds most customer-centric company where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is looking to hire an experienced innovative hands-on and customer-obsessed Senior Hardware Development Engineer to lead the development of new mechatronic products to integrate into our Delivery Station of the future. The successful candidate will be a member of the Amazon Logistics Innovation Engineering team and will be responsible to strategize define and manage the lifecycle of new mechatronic technologies for the AMZL Delivery Stations.
This role requires experienced and entrepreneurial minded individuals with combined robotics engineering planning and analytical skills. This individual will directly influence the Amazon last mile automation roadmap by partnering with Robotics SW Tech Teams Process Engineering teams Operations Facilities and Engineering teams to improve our final customer shopping experience.

Key job responsibilities
As a HDE you will be a part of the team of experts working on the development of complex mechatronics products. You will own or contribute to the following:

* Lead the overall end-to-end equipment technology development to move through ideation development conceptual design detail design testing and on-site implementation.
* Write requirements functional specifications design verification plans and functional test procedures
* Collect customer needs and feedback from the technologies deployed in the field to propose new solutions and enhancements
* Influence technical and business decisions working through data-driven contributions based on technology tests and validation plans
* Define and track clear project timelines manage project budget conduct regular progress reviews.
* Partner with simulation team for validating new ideas and concepts to optimize current workflows and automate manual process paths
* Lead the discussion for scalability strategy of new technologies working with various teams like Engineering vendors Supply Chain Corp Dev etc.



A day in the life
You will ideate and bring to life new technologies for AMZL. Your day could include activities ranging from working with new vendors on developing concepts for AMZL with automation and robotics technology to being in the field and learning the challenges that associates face. You would build and validate prototypes in our Innovation Center to enable fast-design iterations. You will demonstrate through simulation and data the actual benefits of the new technologies integration in the field bringing your entrepreneurial and innovative spirit at disposal of the team. You would write a business case and work with stakeholders to build a case for piloting new technology. You could dive deep into understanding how the tech influences AMZL processes and the associates lives.

About the team
We are a set of diverse individuals who work coherently to solve customer problems with the most innovative solutions. We put heavy emphasis on empowering our employees to maintain work/life harmony. The team works with innovative technologies in the market to bring into AMZL to solve complex technical problems. Its a fine balance between working on writing strategic business cases and understanding the deep human-machine interfaces.

- 5 years of hardware design and validation of components subsystems and systems experience
- Experience using one or more of the following technologies (e.g. AutoCAD Rhino Revit SolidWorks CREO BIM360 SketchUp KeyShot etc.) to deliver high quality models and designs
- Speak write and read fluently in English
- Experience managing projects in a fast pace environment
- Experience carrying design concepts through exploration development and into deployment or mass production
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Engineering Automation Engineering or equivalent
- Experience in optimizing machine design for scaled manufacturing (DFx) cost reduction and maintainability

- Masters degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering electrical engineering material science physics or equivalent or MS degree
- Experience using advanced simulation modeling tools (Flexsim Arena Simio etc.)
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel Pivot Tables macros SQL visualization tools - Tableau Quicksight etc.
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
- Proficiency with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software and Engineering Change Orders

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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 NY New York - 157100.00 - 212600.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 135700.00 - 183600.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 137300.00 - 185700.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 137300.00 - 185700.00 USD annually