Senior Software Development Engineer, Robotics Perception

Amazon is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're building robotic systems that combine cutting-edge Basic qualifications: - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience - 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team - Bachelors or Master's degree, or 10+ years in CS, ME, EE or related field experience - Experience designing and shipping perception, computer vision, SLAM, or navigation software for robots, autonomous vehicles, or other real-world systems Preferred: - Master's degree or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with a focus on computer vision, state estimation, or machine learning - Experience leading perception, SLAM, or navigation software for robots or autonomous vehicles deployed in production - Experience optimizing machine learning models or computer vision pipelines for real-time inference on embedded GPUs (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, CUDA) - Experience with 3D perception and state estimation, such as stereo depth, visual, visual-inertial, or lidar odometry, SLAM and loop closure, mapping, or localization - Experience with navigation and autonomy stacks (e.g., ROS 2, Nav2, costmaps, global and local planning) - Experience integrating vision-language or other foundation models into robot perception or navigation, such as open-vocabulary detection and segmentation, semantic maps, or language-guided navigation - Experience with model compression and quantization (INT8/FP8, pruning, distillation) and GPU profiling tools such as NVIDIA Nsight Systems or Nsight Compute - Experience with multi-camera and multi-sensor pipelines (e.g., GMSL cameras, lidar, time synchronization) and serving multiple models on shared accelerators (e.g., Triton Inference Server) - Experience deploying models across heterogeneous accelerator platforms (GPU, NPU, DSP) - Experience building simulation-based or hardware-in-the-loop evaluation for perception, localization, or navigation - Experience using AI coding assistants and agents to speed up development, with sound judgment about reviewing and verifying their output - Excellent written and verbal communication, with a track record of leading technical work across science and engineering teams Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, MA, N.Reading - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually USA, MA, Wilmington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually