Amazon's Lab126 Platform Software team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to lead the design and implementation of critical software modules for robots. You will help contribute to the next generation of robots that are based on our Astro robot. You will drive technical designs and features for next gen robots.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer, you will be working with a unique and gifted team developing exciting products for consumers and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
We are looking for a talented and passionate Software Development Engineer to be part of an exciting team building device software. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know. In this role, you will:
- Be responsible for system architecture and development of new features for embedded systems
- Investigate, prototype and deliver new and innovative system solutions
- Design, develop and verify firmware for embedded systems
- Participate in design reviews, API development, and documentation
- Work with new technologies that are vital to product development
- Deliver investigation plans and reports, architectural documents, design specs, software and firmware source code, build scripts
- Build expertise in one or more core technologies such as sensors fusion, calibration etc
- Perform tasks including debug, bring-up, Beta and production software development
- Successfully collaborate with both software and hardware product teams


A day in the life
As a Software Engineer, you will design and develop high quality embedded software. You will also have the opportunity to influence the product roadmap, define key components of overall system architecture and lead the adoption of best practices within the org. You will work closely with cross functional teams to bring a unified embedded control software solution for our customers.

About the team
Platform Software team owns all the components and infrastructure on which Astro and next generation of products are built. Astro is already working in customer homes with more devices added every day. The team is responsible for defining architecture for next generation of product and execute it. The team develops embedded software using programming languages like C, C++ on both RTOS and general purpose linux OS.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Sunnyvale, CA, USA