Amazon’s global fulfilment network enables any merchant in any of the geography ship items that you order on Amazon, to any place on earth. Amazon Logistics’ (AMZL) delivery stations (DS) receive packages from Fulfilment Centers (FCs) and Sort Centers (SCs) and sort them to route level. Drivers come into the DS and pick up the packages for their route and deliver them to Amazon’s customers. This operation is also called the “Last Mile”. An integral component in the Last Mile ecosystem are Amazon's WW delivery hubs where packages are received, sorted and prepared for on-road delivery. Station Tech team, in Last Mile, is responsible for building scalable tools and technology for delivery hubs that scale across multiple programs and businesses including Amazon Logistics (AMZL), Global Specialty Fulfilment (GSF), to increase associate productivity, site throughput, and operational quality and scalability of our delivery network. Our primary customers are delivery station associates (our actual on-ground rockstars who sort millions of packages a day), station managers (who manage Amazon hubs WW to ensure customer promises are met), COs (central operations team who supervise stations across regions) and on-road delivery agents (drivers who sail through all obstacles to get your packages at your doorstep). The team build tools and process which guide our customers to reduce their cognitive load, eliminate decision points to drive standardisation, prioritise work to focus on the highest impact tasks, and take steps for correcting operational defects to reduce the impact of human error and meet our customer SLAs.

Key job responsibilities
As a Controls SDE, you will be a part of the team of experts working on the development of complex mechatronics products. The keys skills required for this role are:

* Advanced technical expertise in industrial automation systems (TIA Portal 16+, Codesys 3.5, HMI, VFDs, Servo Drive, Industrial Fieldbuses like Ethernet-IP Profinet EtherCAT, IO-Link)
* Advanced technical expertise in the industrial communication protocol (TCP-IP, OPC-UA)
* Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities for complex systems
* Hands-on experience with camera systems and Linux OS (preferred)
* Familiarity with version control systems like git
* Knowledge of Object-Orientated Industrial Programming (OOIP)
* Experience managing software development, including designing, developing, integrating, troubleshooting, and optimizing various automation solutions
* Strong project management skills, including on-site commissioning and Site Acceptance Testing processes
* Excellent problem-solving and communication skills across diverse cultural contexts
* Familiarity with international safety machinery standards and certification processes
* Experience with automation solutions like conveyors, sorters, and robotic work cells

A day in the life
Your work is very hands-on and multi-disciplinary. You will be working closely with AMZL, SSD and AMXL businesses, cross-functional engineers, and project teams. You write and troubleshoot PLC code, documents, carry out testing, demonstrate proof-of-concepts, build prototypes, and support execution.

About the team
The Under-The-Roof Automation team within Last Mile envisions to create a fast delivery station processes that support faster delivery methods. In a world where anyone can deliver packages for Amazon and delivery points can be in a variety of areas, technology that is utilized needs to be tightly-embedded into the working environment and processes. This yields a scenario in which it is invisible, intuitive to interact with, and ensures processes are as fail-proof as possible. The team continuously innovates for our customers and invests in furthering our architectural foundation to enable business growth, and strategic business initiatives for the next-generation "Last Mile" hubs WW. We have embarked on a journey to develop our next generation automation solutions for all Last Mile solutions globally and are looking for rockstars to help us through the same journey.