Amazon Robotics empowers a smarter, faster, more consistent customer experience through automation. Amazon Robotics automates fulfillment center operations using various methods of robotic technology including autonomous mobile robots, sophisticated control software, language perception, power management, computer vision, depth sensing, machine learning, object recognition and tracking, and semantic understanding of commands. Our products are deployed at operations sites around the world and their scale impacts millions of customers and their orders each day. We focus on research and development to continuously explore new opportunities to extend our product lines into new areas.
This engineering leadership role provides the opportunity to be a part of and lead our most important product suite yet. This system services approximately 4 billion transactions a quarter across all geographies with a high precision and recall Machine Learning system. We are looking for a leader that can lead the team to not just sustain performance at high scale but continue to push the envelope to improve this product to higher performance levels. The position provides a unique opportunity to lead, develop and grow a diverse and skilled team of engineers, program managers and applied scientists and collaborate cross functionally with multiple customers and stakeholders, all invested in maximizing the value the system provides. Your role will be to help the team improve the product’s high performance and reliability in a fast and iterative manner, while growing new skills in technical domains the team is involved in. You will drive priorities for the team’s roadmap, balancing investment into the product growth and operational health of the different systems, all while making history and having fun.
Key job responsibilities
- Building, leading and growing diverse, inclusive and high-performing engineering product teams, including recruiting, mentoring, motivating, promoting and performance management of engineers and scientists.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including customers, product managers, stakeholders and leaders to ensure the successful delivery of product capabilities
- Timely execution and prioritization of goals for the team and effectively mitigating risks.
- Strategic leadership to create product roadmaps, set the vision for the team and collaboratively partner with other stakeholder teams.
- Technical leadership including architecture and design discussions for science and engineering problems and technical deep dives to ensure resolution of root causes of complex issues,
- Manage the operational support of products at scale to ensure prevention and timely resolution of customer impactful problems.
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, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
About the team
The Scanless Technology organization builds products that eliminate the need for explicit scanning in the Amazon Fulfillment Network. We research, design, and implement solutions for automated identification of objects and object movement by removing the need for manual scanning of identifiers, like barcodes. We integrate hardware, software, and machine learning, developing products that are solution-agnostic while enabling easy integration from installation to execution. We push the boundaries of our current solutions to simplify and solve customer challenges and impact many areas of Amazon’s operations. For our associates, our systems affect user experience by improving safety and ergonomics. For our large fleet or robots, they improve overall throughput and efficiency.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science (CS), Computer Engineering (CE), Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Applied Mathematics or other algorithmic-centric discipline.
- 3+ years of experience as a software developer in Java, Kotlin, C++ and/or Python
- Knowledge of engineering best practices and the full software development life cycle including prototyping, designs, code quality, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and operational support.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with both technical and business people. Ability to speak at a level appropriate for the audience and collaborate effectively with a diverse team.
- 3+ years of experience in building, leading and growing diverse and inclusive engineering teams of at least 6-8 people, including recruiting, mentoring, promoting and performance management.
- Experience with delivering and supporting engineering products at scale.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with design and delivery of computer vision, machine learning or robotics products.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary product teams of Engineers, Quality Assurance, Program Managers and Scientists.
- Experience with on premise and cloud software development.
- Experience with new business development and kicking off new initiatives from prototype to scaled delivery.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.