Description

Are you excited about designing electronics that live inside robots, tightly packaged alongside mechanisms, sensors, and actuators in space-constrained assemblies? Do you want to shape the electrical architecture of next-generation robotic manipulation systems from the ground up?

The Manipulation Robotics group develops robotic systems that pick, grasp, and move millions of items and packages per day across Amazon's fulfillment network. Our systems are growing in electrical complexity as we push toward more capable grasping: edge motor drive, advanced sensing technology, tighter integration, and increasing on-tool intelligence. These are hard, novel problems with no off-the-shelf answers, and the embedded electrical architecture is central to making them work at scale. We are looking for a Senior Embedded Electrical Engineer to be the founding EE on our hardware team, owning the electrical design of our robotic systems and grasping tools from concept through production.


Key job responsibilities
- Influence hardware and electrical strategy across the Manipulation Robotics group and adjacent programs. Contribute to technology roadmaps, identify opportunities for mutual platforms, and drive alignment on architectural decisions that span multiple teams
- Own the electrical architecture and board-level design for robotic arm systems and end-of-arm tooling, including power distribution, signal routing, sensor integration, and embedded compute
- Design tightly integrated electromechanical packages, embedding sensors, cameras, and control electronics into compact grasping mechanisms. Define firmware architectures and partner with firmware engineers to define clear interfaces. \
- Perform schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout. Direct and review work from internal and external partners backing design efforts.
- Select and qualify components (interconnects, sensors, motor drivers, FPGAs, microcontrollers, cameras, power converters) based on performance, cost, reliability, and supply-chain resilience
- Define electrical interfaces between subsystems and coordinate with EE teams on adjacent programs to ensure compatibility and reuse
- Partner with systems engineers to comprehend and influence requirements, performance targets, timing constraints, and cost tradeoffs. Work with mechanical engineers to co-develop integrated hardware packages, managing thermal, routing, and spatial constraints jointly
- Build and debug prototypes on the bench; develop test plans and validation procedures for board bring-up, signal integrity, and system-level verification
- Engage with contractors, vendors and contract manufacturers for board fabrication, assembly, and component sourcing; manage external partnerships
- Aid product releases to manufacturing, including DFM/DFT reviews and production ramp

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. 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 small, high-ownership hardware team building robotic manipulation systems, from early-stage R&D through fielded products operating 24/7 in Amazon fulfillment centers. Our tools are getting more capable and electrically denser with each generation. The challenges are real: packaging sensors, actuators, and compute into mechanisms that survive millions of cycles, fit inside tight envelopes, and remain cost-effective at fleet scale. Our engineers own problems end-to-end. You'll work alongside mechanical designers, systems engineers, and software/controls teams in a fast-moving environment where your decisions directly shape what ships. This role is the first dedicated EE on the team, which means you will have outsized influence on how we approach electrical design going forward.