Snr. Systems Engineer, Hardware Validation, AMZL Engineering and Innovation

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is seeking a solutions-oriented Hardware Validation & Systems Engineer to establish and lead the testing, validation, and reliability foundations for current and next-generation delivery station equipment. This role offers a unique opportunity to define hardware validation at scale, work with global suppliers to improve design and manufacturing capabilities, and drive quality and risk-reduction mechanisms. The position is validation-led but broad in scope, involving contributions to equipment development, supplier readiness, quality investigations, and systems-level engineering decisions as foundational processes are built across the organization. The successful candidate will influence and collaborate with senior leaders across multiple organizations and geographies, partnering with Worldwide Engineering and Design, WW Tech SMEs, Last Mile Delivery, Operations, and external suppliers to innovate at scale and enable safe, reliable equipment deployment across the AMZL network. This role operates in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment, driving incremental and step-change innovation in equipment, standards, and engineering processes, offering challenges, learning opportunities, and work on high-impact, high-visibility programs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development
• Experience in management of engineering design projects
• Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
• Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, electronic system design, and decision making
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
• Experience with design-in-safety

Responsibilities

• Act as the WW technical owner for hardware validation and reliability strategy for delivery station equipment, including taking a leading role in equipment testing and validation.
• Apply systems thinking and risk-based methodologies (e.g., FMEA-driven validation) to assess hardware reliability, failure modes, and design tradeoffs across the full product lifecycle.
• Define and standardize mechanical test methodologies (fatigue, lifecycle, load, vibration, misuse, environmental) aligned to real-world operational conditions.
• Translate operational usage and risk into effective lab, pilot, and field validation plans, including accelerated and destructive testing.
• Review, approve, and technically challenge supplier-generated test plans, validation reports, and reliability data.
• Lead and govern external test vendors performing validation on behalf of Amazon.
• Define validation metrics, acceptance criteria, and documentation standards for NPI and sustaining programs.
• Act as a validation and risk expert in design, architecture, and supplier readiness reviews.
• Build structured plans to take equipment from concept through assessment, pilot, validation, and global expansion.
• Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action activities as needed.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Design, and Operations to close gaps between design intent, test results, and production reality.
• Create and maintain documentation such as validation standards, test plans, test reports, release criteria, and lessons learned repositories.
• Contribute to internal engineering process innovation, including building scalable validation systems and governance models.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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