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Senior Embedded Robotics SDE, Compass

Pasadena, California, United States💼 Full-time💰 $168,100–$227,400🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own the library of safety-critical embedded software modules for Amazon's robotics fleet, translating R&D algorithms into production-grade, certifiable code.

Role type

Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Safety-Critical)

Builds

Certified safety foundation software for Amazon's mobile robots, manipulators, and mobile manipulators

Domain

Robotics, Functional Safety, Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++ (MISRA compliant), embedded software development, system architecture, safety certification lifecycle, real-time execution, code reviews, testing strategies

Preferred skills

Control barrier functions, motion planning, reinforcement learning, foundation models, AUTOSAR

Technologies

MISRA C++, AUTOSAR, C++, Python (implied by R&D context)

Responsibilities

Translate R&D algorithm code into production-grade, certifiable embedded software; define and communicate software requirements and constraints to the core R&D team; drive software through the full safety certification lifecycle; develop and maintain embedded software following safety-critical coding standards; collaborate with safety engineers and testing teams for end-to-end traceability

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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