The Senior Software Engineer will join RDPI's Velocity software team, focusing on perception and localization within the autonomy software. This role involves collaborating with a team of engineers to enhance robotic capabilities and develop the platform for perception, motion planning, and control software. The engineer will work on integrating new sensors, developing machine-learning capabilities, and optimizing algorithms for performance. This position requires a strong background in software development and experience in robotics.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
• 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with perception, localization, sensor-fusion, computer-vision, or machine-learning for robotics
• Expertise in modern C++ and experience with Python
• Experience with Robot Operating System (ROS) or similar robotic frameworks
• Experience with AWS services and technologies

• Evaluate and integrate new sensors into the autonomy software stack
• Develop sensor fusion techniques for obstacle detection and localization
• Develop machine-learning capabilities and infrastructure for robotic perception and localization
• Optimize runtime performance of autonomy algorithms by exploiting underlying hardware acceleration capabilities
• Build frameworks for large-scale replay and analysis of events in pre-recorded sensor data
• Build frameworks to monitor and manage resource utilization on embedded compute platforms
• Build visualization tools for analyzing and debugging robot behavior

• 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.