As a Software Development Engineer III on the Autonomous Mobility Motion team, you will lead the technical direction for critical components of the autonomous navigation stack. This role involves architecting and implementing next-generation ML and AI-based motion planning systems that impact thousands of autonomous robots. You will provide mentorship and architectural guidance to a collaborative team of engineers and work strategically across various teams to deliver reliable navigation solutions. This position offers the opportunity to shape the future of autonomous robotics at scale.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems experience
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Expertise with C++ or TypeScript in production environments
• Experience with robotics frameworks such as ROS or ROS2
• Experience implementing autonomous navigation systems
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and integrating ML models into production systems
• Experience with embedded systems or real-time software development

• Design motion planning and task planning systems that generalize to new scenarios and environments
• Develop and improve motion planning algorithms
• Build and own training pipelines for machine learning-based motion planning
• Lead development metrics and analysis frameworks to diagnose motion planning and navigation issues
• Lead cross-functional alignment on software interfaces with various teams
• Set code quality standards and write exemplary code in C++, TypeScript, Python, and ROS/ROS2
• Mentor engineers through design reviews and code reviews

• 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.