Senior Robotics Engineer

About the Role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. As a Senior Robotics Engineer, you will support the design, deployment, and management of advanced robotic systems at scale, enabling AWS to build data centers efficiently. You will develop robust robotic solutions, deploy them across multiple customer locations, and oversee operational teams and tools to ensure reliability, efficiency, and scalability. The role involves close collaboration with external partners, contractors, and enterprise customers to bring robotics into production.

Travel: Approximately 30% travel to AWS offices, data centers, suppliers, vendors, and product validation tests (mostly domestic, some international).

About the Team

The Robotics Products and Services team within AIS and Data Center Engineering is growing in maturity. The team designs innovations that fundamentally change data centers, providing operational and financial benefits critical to AWS’s success. Engineers solve challenging technology problems, take big bets on new concepts, and enable AWS services to continue revolutionizing the industry.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and continuously innovate, serving customers from startups to Global 500 companies.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Non‑traditional career paths and alternative experiences are welcomed.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony and strive for flexibility in our culture, supporting employees both at work and at home.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS fosters a culture of inclusion through employee‑led affinity groups, events, and learning experiences such as Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We provide knowledge‑sharing, mentorship, and career‑advancing resources to help you develop into a well‑rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission‑critical facilities (e.g., data centers, power generation, oil and gas)
• Experience with vision‑language actuation models
• Experience deploying robots into production
• Experience shipping production code and applying common software practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Knowledge of sensor data analytics and machine learning (e.g., neural nets, genAI training)