Senior Industrial Design Engineer, World Wide Engineering & Innovation - Automation

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

World Wide Engineering & Innovation (WWEI) is seeking an exceptional Sr.
Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead execution of next-generation automation
and sortation initiatives across the Middle Mile, last Mile, and SSD fulfillment
network. This role will drive end-to-end program delivery for complex hardware
and process automation programs, influencing both engineering development and
operational deployment at scale.

The TPM will manage a diverse portfolio of initiatives including automated
material handling systems, robotics solutions, and next-generation sort center
designs. You will coordinate cross-functional teams spanning hardware
engineering, operations, safety, finance, and vendor partners to deliver new
builds, retrofits, and pilot-to-scale deployments. This role requires strong
program leadership to manage timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder
alignment while ensuring solutions are scalable, cost-effective, and
operationally robust.

We are looking for a proven program leader with experience delivering complex
engineering or automation initiatives in fast-paced environments. The ideal
candidate demonstrates strong ownership, structured problem solving, and the
ability to influence across multiple organizations. You will partner closely
with engineering teams and senior leadership to drive high-visibility programs
that shape the future of logistics automation across the global network.

This position requires approximately 25% travel to support design reviews, pilot
deployments, and stakeholder alignment. This is a high-impact role offering the
opportunity to lead large-scale automation programs, work with industry-leading
technology, and help define the future of sortation and logistics systems.

This Sr. Technical Program Manager will own end-to-end delivery of automation
programs from concept through pilot, validation, and multi-site deployment
across the WWEI automation portfolio. The role will develop and enforce a
structured product stage-gate process across hardware and industrial engineering
teams, ensuring consistent product development, readiness reviews, and scalable
deployment standards. The TPM will build mechanisms to improve how pilot
solutions are developed, validated, and transitioned into network-wide products,
driving repeatable processes for pilot-to-scale execution.

This position will also own the long-term automation roadmap, including
development and management of the 5-year strategy and alignment with OP1 and OP2
planning cycles in partnership with Finance. The TPM will drive cross-functional
execution across hardware engineering, industrial engineering, safety, RME,
operations, and vendor partners, while ensuring alignment with Amazon Robotics,
GES, ACES, and other partner teams. The role will establish program governance,
manage milestones, risks, and dependencies, and coordinate design reviews, pilot
readiness, FAT/SAT planning, and deployment execution.

The TPM will also partner with stakeholders to define scalable deployment
models, support strategies, and lifecycle ownership for new automation products.
This includes working closely with GES, RME, and Operations to ensure solutions
are maintainable, supportable, and operationally robust. The successful
candidate will provide leadership visibility through structured program updates,
roadmap reviews, and executive communications, while identifying technical,
operational, and scaling risks and driving mitigation plans across teams.

As a Sr. Technical Program Manager in WWEI Automation, you will partner closely
with hardware and industrial engineering teams to drive execution of automation
products from concept through deployment. A typical day includes leading
stage-gate reviews, tracking pilot readiness, and coordinating cross-functional
workstreams across Safety, RME, Operations, Finance, and Amazon Robotics. You
will review design progress, unblock technical and operational risks, and align
stakeholders on roadmap priorities and OP1/OP2 planning. The role also involves
working with vendors on development timelines, supporting site deployment
planning, and building mechanisms to scale pilots into network-wide products
while providing clear program updates to leadership.

World Wide Engineering & Innovation (WWEI) Automation develops and scales
next-generation automation across sortation, transportation, and fulfillment
operations. The team focuses on concept development, pilot execution, and
network-wide deployment of robotics and material handling solutions that improve
safety, productivity, and scalability. We collaborate closely with engineering,
operations, safety, maintenance, and technology partners to build solutions that
work reliably in real-world environments. The team partners with vendors and
stakeholders to prototype, validate, and scale automation products supporting
frontline operators and site leaders. This role contributes to shaping future
automation platforms, influencing long-term roadmaps, and delivering high-impact
solutions across global logistics networks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of automation programs from concept through pilot, validation, and multi-site deployment across the WWEI automation portfolio.
• Develop and enforce a structured product stage-gate process across hardware and industrial engineering teams, ensuring consistent product development, readiness reviews, and scalable deployment standards.
• Build mechanisms to improve how pilot solutions are developed, validated, and transitioned into network-wide products, driving repeatable processes for pilot-to-scale execution.
• Own the long-term automation roadmap, including development and management of the 5-year strategy and alignment with OP1 and OP2 planning cycles in partnership with Finance.
• Drive cross-functional execution across hardware engineering, industrial engineering, safety, RME, operations, and vendor partners, while ensuring alignment with Amazon Robotics, GES, ACES, and other partner teams.
• Establish program governance, manage milestones, risks, and dependencies, and coordinate design reviews, pilot readiness, FAT/SAT planning, and deployment execution.
• Partner with stakeholders to define scalable deployment models, support strategies, and lifecycle ownership for new automation products.
• Work closely with GES, RME, and Operations to ensure solutions are maintainable, supportable, and operationally robust.
• Provide leadership visibility through structured program updates, roadmap reviews, and executive communications, while identifying technical, operational, and scaling risks and driving mitigation plans across teams.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level