Sr. Hardware Development Engineer , WW Innovation Engineering, AMZL

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

44d • $137,300 - $185,700 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Sr. Hardware Development Engineer in Amazon’s Last Mile Automation and Robotics group, you will lead Design for Excellence (DfX) and Contract Manufacturing (CM) strategies for global robotics technologies. This role focuses on driving cross-functional collaboration, setting best practices, and ensuring seamless scalability and reliability of hardware across Amazon Last Mile's worldwide robotics products. You will influence product design from concept to mass production, balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, and customer impact.

Requirements

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of hardware development experience
• Experience solving complex hardware engineering problems

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects

Responsibilities

• Define and implement DfX frameworks to guide hardware design for manufacturability, testability, reliability, and serviceability across global CM partners.
• Drive cross-team alignment on DfX standards, tools, and processes to reduce time-to-market and production costs.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between engineering and CM partners, ensuring robust design transfer, quality control, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain CM capability matrices, risk mitigation plans, and supplier performance dashboards.
• Design and validate hardware platforms that support high-volume, global-scale production while meeting performance, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Optimize bill-of-materials (BOM) and manufacturing processes for cost, quality, and sustainability.
• Partner with AR (Advanced Robotics), Systems Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to align hardware design with system-level requirements and operational constraints.
• Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• Lead investigations into production defects, yield issues, and field failures; implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Apply data-driven methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, FMEA) to improve product reliability and manufacturability.
• Identify and drive adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies (e.g., automation, AI driven testing) to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Standardize test, inspection, and packaging processes across CM sites to ensure consistency.
• Ensure all hardware designs comply with international safety, regulatory, and environmental standards (e.g., CE, FCC, RoHS).
• Develop risk management frameworks to address design, manufacturing, and field-service risks.
• Contribute to long-term hardware strategy, evaluating emerging technologies and trends to future-proof Amazon’s robotics portfolio.
• Pilot and champion innovative DfX approaches (e.g., digital twins, generative design) to accelerate development cycles.

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: Senior