The AR Manipulation organization is at the forefront of building automation products for manipulating packages and individual items in our fulfillment centers. We have already rolled out solutions at scale, such as Robin which will reach 3B sorted packages by EOY, and we are constantly tackling problems such as cart packing, and targeted item picking from a cluttered tote. We are looking for a Software Development Manager that is passionate not only about solving today’s complex technical problems, but also about shaping and setting the visions for their team, and identifying what are the next set of priorities to tackle. They would be working together with a talented and experienced team, that has significant expertise on a wide range of technologies, from cloud services, and at-the-edge workcell development, to developing the science artifacts needed for work planning, and edge solutions such as damage detection.

Key job responsibilities
As a manager of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers, testers, and product managers to design, implement, test, launch, and maintain new automation solutions for robots across Amazon Robotics. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define product features, drive system architecture, and spearhead the best-practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also be responsible for building a strong development team and developing career plans for the engineers reporting to you.

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

Seattle, WA, USA