SDE II, Perception and SLAM, Autonomous Mobility
Core
Design and develop perception, localization, and machine learning capabilities for Amazon's fully autonomous warehouse robots (Proteus), including onboard mapping, motion planning, and cloud-based simulation.
Role type
Senior Software Development Engineer (Autonomous Mobility, Perception & SLAM)
Builds
Autonomous mobile robot autonomy software, cloud-based robot log replay, and simulation capabilities
Domain
Robotics, Computer Vision, SLAM, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Software development, system design/architecture, cloud services (AWS), programming languages, robotic sensor modalities, obstacle avoidance, localization algorithms
Preferred skills
Full SDLC experience, data modeling/ETL, hands-on robotic systems, mobile robotics (ML, data labeling, perception), AI-native development, Agentic AI tools
Technologies
AWS (EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, Dynamo DB, EMR, Glue, Athena), simulation/emulators, robotic equipment
Responsibilities
Design perception capabilities for new sensor modalities, implement robotic applications in the cloud, prototype and test concepts via simulation and live equipment, mentor team members, optimize system performance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities