Software Development Engineer II, Applied Automation Controls/Embedded Software

Software Development Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer specializing in controls and embedded software to join our robotics team developing advanced workcell automation solutions. In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy real-time control systems that orchestrate complex robotic manipulation tasks within automated workcells. You will work at the intersection of embedded systems, motion control, and distributed software architecture to deliver reliable, high-performance automation solutions for production environments.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Design and implement real-time embedded control software for robotic workcells, including motion controllers, trajectory planners, and sensor integration modules that enable precise manipulation and coordination of robotic systems.
• Develop software architectures that balance real-time performance constraints with maintainability and extensibility, ensuring control systems can reliably execute complex automation sequences with microsecond-level timing precision.
• Own the development of control algorithms and embedded software components within the Workcell Controls Architecture, working closely with the TCC (Transfer Cartesian Cell) orchestration layer to integrate motion primitives and coordinate multi-robot operations.
• Partner with hardware teams to define control interfaces, implement device drivers, and optimize software performance for embedded platforms including PLCs, industrial PCs, and real-time operating systems.
• Lead technical design reviews and contribute to architecture decisions that impact the scalability, reliability, and performance of our control systems.
• Mentor team members on embedded systems best practices, real-time programming techniques, and controls engineering principles.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems and drive root cause analysis for control system issues.

A day in the life includes:

• Leading technical design reviews and contributing to architecture decisions that impact the scalability, reliability, and performance of our control systems.
• Mentoring team members on embedded systems best practices, real-time programming techniques, and controls engineering principles.
• Participating in on-call rotations to support production systems and drive root cause analysis for control system issues.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that assist 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:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan

About the team:

You will join a focused team of approximately 10+ Software Development Engineers working at the forefront of robotic workcell automation. Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining the core software systems that power automated manipulation solutions, with primary focus areas including manipulation systems, Workcell Controls Architecture (WCA), and Transfer Cartesian Cell (TCC) development. We operate in a highly partnership focused environment where engineers work closely across disciplines to solve complex technical problems that span embedded systems, real-time control, motion planning, and distributed software architecture.

Basic qualifications include:

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 2+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 4+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 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 professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

Preferred qualifications include:

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++

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