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Robotics Software Engineer, DC Robotics

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3 days ago
Austin, TX, USA +3 moreMid Level
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Base Salary

$117k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain software systems that power robots operating in AWS data centers.
  • Enable reliable sensor-data collection at scale, navigation of complex environments, and communication with cloud-based services.
  • Develop fault-tolerant software spanning sensor integration, distributed communication, edge-to-cloud data pipelines, and fleet-level orchestration.
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers, ML engineers, and operations teams to ensure robot software is robust, testable, and deployable across a global fleet.
  • Research new designs, technologies, and construction methods for data-center equipment and facilities.
  • Travel approximately 30% to AWS offices, data centers, suppliers, vendors, and product-validation tests.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering experience in mission-critical facilities such as data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities.
  • 4+ years of commissioning experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
  • Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods for data-center equipment and facilities.
  • Preferred: Professional Engineer License.
  • Preferred: Experience with regional building codes and regulations.
  • Preferred: Experience carrying design concepts from exploration and development through deployment or mass production.
  • Preferred: Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.

Benefits

  • Base salary varies by listed location from $116,800 to $185,000 annually, with sign-on payments and restricted stock units; compensation figures are excluded from benefits classification.
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance and mental-health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Approximately 30% intermittent travel is expected, including some international travel.
  • AWS offers work-life flexibility, inclusive culture programs, mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and career-growth resources.

Tech Stack

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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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