JobsSenior Sensor Engineer, Edge Tech
Job description
As a Sr. Sensors Engineer at Amazon Lab126, you will design and integrate sensors into innovative consumer electronics. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to address design and manufacturing challenges while ensuring technology readiness. This role requires a strong technical background and the ability to mentor junior engineers. You will also contribute to product specifications and participate in the technology roadmap creation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 7+ years of experience as a hardware/sensor engineer on consumer electronics product development
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Experience collaborating with the ECAD/physical board designer and able to review PCB designs with Allegro, CAM350, or equivalent
- Breadth and depth in at least two sensor fields such as Optical, Inertial, Chemical, Biological, Acoustic
- Experience with quantitative, statistical data analysis software such as JMP, Matlab, Python, or LabView
- Experience with schematic capture with tool sets such as OrCAD
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent is preferred
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience in technical document writing using Visio, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- Manufacturing site support experience
Responsibilities
- Design sensors and sensing features into world-class devices and cutting-edge prototypes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and stakeholders across the company.
- Take ownership to root-cause and resolve critical design and manufacturing issues.
- Participate in design reviews and address all aspects of technology readiness.
- Work with contract manufacturers to ensure designs can be built at scale and within budget.
- Contribute to maintaining and updating team processes and good practices.
- Provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentoring.
- Establish robust processes and methodologies to deliver technology to products.
- Contribute to product requirements and specifications definition.
- Participate in technology and product roadmap creation.
- Attend cross-functional program meetings and work with teams on sensor integration and manufacturing readiness.
- Review hardware designs from partner teams as part of the NPI validation process.
- Run data analysis and make design trade-off decisions as part of the NPI validation process.
- Lead root-cause identification efforts for manufacturing issues and report status to leadership.
- Work with manufacturing teams to optimize build and test processes.
- Analyze yield and establish test limits.
- Write design guidelines based on acquired experience and knowledge.
- Explore new ideas and sensing technologies and contribute to new product exploration and prototyping.
- Meet with junior engineers to provide guidance and mentorship.
- Review and update process documentation and methodologies.
Benefits
- 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.
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