The Amazon Robotics Autonomous Mobility software team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Platform, Data and Tools team. This role involves developing autonomy software for Proteus, Amazon's first fully autonomous warehouse robot. The engineer will work on onboard mapping, perception, motion planning, and control software while collaborating with engineers and scientists to enhance ML training and deployment pipelines. The team is dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art autonomous navigation software for efficient operation of mobile robots.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++ or experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Experience with CUDA kernels or ML/low-level kernels
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with the AWS platform, web services, software development, or related technologies
• Experience building custom distributions using tools such as Yocto or Buildroot
• Experience with robotics middleware (ROS/ROS2) or visualization tools (Foxglove, RViz)

• Optimize runtime performance of core algorithms by exploiting underlying hardware acceleration capabilities
• Integrate new sensors and hardware components into the autonomy software stack
• Develop and customize the Nvidia Jetpack based platform and OS
• Develop software to enable remote diagnostics, recovery, and control of autonomous robots
• Design and develop software interfaces to enable hardware testing and manufacturing processes
• Develop embedded middleware to accelerate the development of other engineering teams
• Mentor other engineer team members

• 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.