Software Development Engineer - AI/ML Manufacturing Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME)

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The FactoryAI team is responsible for the development and deployment of agents that automate the workflow from business requirements through factory new product introduction deployment. This involves building agents, working with AI/ML such as VLM/VLA/LLMs that drive robotic automation in manufacturing. As a Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for driving world-class manufacturing solutions leveraging AI/ML to create agentic workflows including artifact generation for new product introduction, automation sequence planning, and robotic automation control systems. You will be driving development working alongside team members and 3rd party integrators as the main interface owning the design, implementation, and deployment of manufacturing automation solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage

Responsibilities

• Design scalable AI/ML solutions (C#, C, C++, Python); build agents transforming business requirements into automation sequences for multi-DOF robotic stations.
• Deploy agentic workflows for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and adaptive process control.
• Integrate computer vision and deep learning for AOI, defect classification, and quality assurance.
• Build agentic AI leveraging VLM, VLA, and multi-agent frameworks to plan, execute, and monitor manufacturing tasks.
• Troubleshoot and optimize manufacturing line performance; perform root cause analysis.
• Scale solutions with Contract Manufacturers.
• Document code and specifications; US manufacturing software point of contact.
• Define 3-year automation roadmap incorporating AI/ML trends.

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