Optical System Engineer III, Amazon Robotics
Core
Primary technical bridge between customers and engineering teams, translating ambiguous customer needs into quantifiable design goals and system architectures for sensing and compute technologies.
Role type
Senior solo contributor systems engineer (optical/sensor systems)
Builds
Advanced sensor and compute systems for intelligent robots
Domain
Robotics, optical engineering, sensor systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
systems engineering, product definition, technical program management, customer requirements gathering, system architecture, requirements lifecycle management, verification and validation planning, cross-functional leadership, autonomous problem definition
Preferred skills
sensing systems (cameras, LiDAR, structured light, ToF), optoelectronics, optical system performance parameters, sensor architecture, PCBA design, product benchmarking, requirements management tools
Technologies
Jama, optical systems, LiDAR, structured light, ToF, PCBA
Responsibilities
Oversee customer discovery sessions to uncover latent requirements, own full requirements lifecycle from capture to validation, drive system architecture selections across optical/mechanical/electrical domains, own product verification end-to-end, mentor engineers on systems thinking and customer engagement
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
