Software Development Manager, Amazon Robotics Autonomous Mobility

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 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 livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- Experience designing, developing and deploying robotic systems
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas; robotics, autonomous navigation, machine learning, real time systems
- Experience leading R&D initiatives that require pathfinding through research and prototyping
- A deep understanding of the software development process in a team setting, and a track record for delivering software on time.
- Experience working with sensors and hardware
- Experience with simulation platforms and tools
- Expertise in ROS and Nvidia Jetpack

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The Amazon Robotics Autonomous Mobility team develops software that powers Proteus, Amazon Robotics’ first fully-autonomous mobile warehouse robot. We are growing and seek a talented and motivated Software Development Manager for our Platform Data and Tools team. You will lead and support an exceptional, collaborative group of engineers building the platform and architecture for our onboard mapping, perception, motion planning and control software. A key part of your team’s charter will be building the infrastructure and tools to support advanced machine learning capabilities. The successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with a background building high-performance, scalable and reliable software systems and experience leading and supporting software teams. Experience in areas such as robotics, autonomous navigation, machine learning, and/or real-time systems is a plus.

Key job responsibilities
What does it take to thrive as a Software Development Manager at Amazon Robotics? You need to be creative, responsible, and curious while leading the team to move quickly and deliver results for our customers. You’re excited about designing and implementing solutions that scale and engaging customers to understand what’s needed to meet their needs. You’re able to think critically about business opportunities, understand operational implications, and lead us in evolving our service architecture in the course of a single conversation. You’re looking to lead and mentor a team of bright, capable engineers and scientists to implement your vision.



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
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 autonomous navigation software that 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, what's more fun than building robots?