The Amazon Robotics team is seeking broad, curious engineers to join our robotic manipulation team. We holistically design, build, and deliver end-to-end robotic systems. Our team is also responsible for core infrastructure and tools that serve as the backbone of our robotic applications, enabling roboticists, machine learning scientists, software engineers, and hardware engineers to deploy systems in the field.

Key job responsibilities
Work with an interdisciplinary team to design new robotic and servo driven gantry based industrial automation workcells for e-commerce, from concept to production, including design, prototype, test, validation, and safety/product certification across the US and EU.

Architect and guide the design of machine guarding and safety control systems for complex industrial automation and robotics workcells to be functionally safe for use by Amazon associates at our Fulfillment Centers.

Write requirements, functional specifications, roadmap documents and develop milestone based project schedules pertaining the safety system.

Apply ANSI/ISO/IEC industrial safety standards for the development lifecycle and guide hardware and controls engineers to ensure systems comply to safety standards.

Lead and maintain Technical Construction Files (TCF) including Safety Risk Assessments, Safe distance and guarding calculations, safety requirement specifications, safety management plans, safety concepts, and verification and validation plans for the system.

Lead the engagement with TUV for field evaluation of product and functional safety certifications and ensure delivery of certification.

Work with the Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality organizations, as well as vendors to ensure a smooth production transition of design changes.

Deep-dive machinery safety issues, optimize configurations, develop and execute tests to verify functionality.

Travel to vendors, installation sites, and manufacturing partners to ensure high quality bar is maintained.