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Embedded Software Development Engineer, Applied Automation Controls/Embedded Software

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2 days ago
Seattle, WA, USA +2 moreMid Level
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Base Salary

$144k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement real-time embedded control software for robotic workcells, including motion controllers, trajectory planners, and sensor integration modules.
  • Develop maintainable and extensible software architectures that meet microsecond-level real-time performance requirements.
  • Own embedded software components within the Workcell Controls Architecture and coordinate multi-robot operations.
  • Partner with hardware teams to define control interfaces, implement device drivers, and optimize software for industrial embedded platforms and real-time operating systems.
  • Lead technical design reviews and contribute to architecture decisions affecting scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Mentor team members on embedded systems, real-time programming, and controls engineering practices.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, support production systems, and perform root cause analysis for control system issues.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems.
  • 2+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
  • 4+ years designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
  • 2+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
  • Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, architectures, code reviews, source control, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
  • Preferred: experience in embedded development using C/C++.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Maternity and parental leave options.
  • Paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and 401(k) matching.
  • Additional benefits may include prescription coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance and mental health support, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
  • Benefits vary by location, regularly scheduled hours, length of employment, and employment status.

Tech Stack

C#C++JavaPerl

Categories

EmbeddedRobotics
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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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