Senior Software Development Engineer - AI Mftg & Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME)

DESCRIPTION:

Amazon's Devices Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) team is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer who will lead Software & Agentic AI development to automate new product engineering workflows through the generation of baseline artifacts used in the line bring up of assembly and test automation.

This role includes cloud based AI/ML/LLM/VLM/VLA development work for deployment in manufacturing utilizing robot systems.

Key job responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include the following:
- Innovate, design, and develop AI/ML solutions that scale. This involves coding in one of the key programming languages (C#, C, C++, Python) and developing Agents and software solutions that transform business requirements into actionable automation sequences working with deployments leveraging robots with multiple degrees of freedom required to support fungible automation stations.
- Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models and agentic AI workflows to optimize manufacturing processes, including predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and adaptive process control.
- Develop and integrate computer vision and deep-learning algorithms for automated optical inspection (AOI), defect classification, and quality assurance on production lines.
- Build and maintain agentic AI systems that autonomously plan, execute, and monitor manufacturing tasks, leveraging Vision Language Models (VLM) and Vision Language Automation models (VLA) and multi-agent frameworks.
- Troubleshoot issues to optimize MFG performance and solve complex manufacturing line problems.
- Scale automation solutions working closely with Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
- Document software code, specifications for internal and external stakeholders.
- Act as first point of contact for manufacturing software in US.
- Perform root cause analysis.
- Be willing to "roll up sleeves and do what needs to get done" in a small, specialized team environment.
- Understand automation trends, including AI/ML advancements, and support defining the automation roadmap for the next 3 years.

A day in the life
As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for driving world-class manufacturing solutions leveraging AI/ML to create agentic workflows including artifact generation for new product introduction, automation sequence planning, and robotic automation control systems.

You will be driving development working alongside team members and 3rd party integrators as the main interface owning the design, implementation, and deployment of manufacturing automation solutions.

About the team
The team is responsible for implementing agents to automate workflow that generates new product introduction requirements and deployable robotic automation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations, or experience in computer architecture
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience scripting languages and coding skills for one (1) or more of the following: Ruby, C/C++/C#, Node.JS, Java, Python, and PHP
- Experience in professional software engineering & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
- Experience with advanced automation controls systems
- 7+ years of electrical theory, robotics, controls components, and automated equipment experience
- Experience with Machine and Deep Learning toolkits such as MXNet, TensorFlow, Caffe and PyTorch

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually