The Senior Industrial Design Engineer (IDE III) will lead the design authority for Amazon's material handling systems, ensuring that designs are constructable, operable, and scalable. This role involves managing the end-to-end Firm Engineering package for advanced fulfillment technologies, including Matrix Storage and Advanced Material Transport & Sortation. The IDE III will mentor junior engineers and drive design standardization across projects. The position is part of the One Material Handling System (OMHS) team, which focuses on revolutionizing Amazon's fulfillment capabilities.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
• 7+ years of experience in MHE system design, industrial engineering, or systems integration
• Experience designing full-site material handling systems at construction-ready level of detail (LOD 300–400)
• Experience in management of engineering design projects with cross-discipline coordination
• Experience using CAD software (AutoCAD, Revit, SolidWorks, or CREO) and engineering analysis tools
• Master's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment including conveyance, sortation, ASRS, and robotic systems at warehouse/fulfillment scale
• Experience partitioning design work across engineering teams and leading design reviews for multi-discipline integration
• Knowledge of system architecture, material flow simulation, BIM coordination, and design-for-constructability principles
• Experience developing reusable design templates, engineering standards, or design automation tools that scale across multiple concurrent projects

• Serve as the design authority for material handling system implementations.
• Take end-to-end ownership of full-site MHE system design, resolving integration challenges across disciplines.
• Partition design work for junior IDE team members while maintaining architectural coherence.
• Lead design reviews with cross-functional stakeholders and translate business requirements into engineering specifications.
• Drive design standardization to improve templates and reduce engineering hours for future projects.
• Produce designs that pass Quality Engineering gates with high first-pass quality.
• Resolve conflicts between disciplines affecting material handling system design.
• Contribute to product roadmap decisions for OMHS technologies and evaluate industry trends.
• Mentor IDE IIs and provide technical assessments for promotions.
• Leverage intelligent design tooling and engineering documentation standards to deliver validated design packages.

• 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.