The Software Development Engineer role on the AWS Physical AI team focuses on building solutions for validating safety-critical applications in autonomous systems. The team develops tools for scenario generation, synthetic data creation, and simulation-based validation. This position involves working with generative AI models to create realistic scenarios and improve validation processes. The role emphasizes collaboration with various teams and offers opportunities to influence the future of autonomous systems validation.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
• 1+ 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
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience

• Design and implement scenario generation pipelines for diverse scenario variations.
• Build generative AI model integration layers using real-world operational data.
• Develop export connectors for industry-standard simulation platforms.
• Create synthetic sensor data generation systems with accurate sensor characteristics.
• Implement coverage analysis algorithms to identify gaps in scenario distributions.
• Integrate with SageMaker for perception model training workflows.
• Review generation quality metrics and analyze scenario success rates.
• Participate in design reviews and collaborate with teammates on validation checks.
• Mentor junior engineers on generative AI model integration patterns.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.