System Development Engineer II, Engineering Integration

About the position

Amazon Robotics is building new automation systems which will transform warehouse operations. The team is seeking a talented and motivated System Development Engineer to design and develop controls for the integration of robotics systems and industrial automation equipment. The System Development Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, integrating, troubleshooting, and optimizing various automation solutions, while acting as an integration resource for our internal product development teams, and on behalf of our global Amazon customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, simplify and continuously improve system controls architecture including machine control code, networking, electrical design and safety design
• Develop controls code utilizing structured text and ladder-logic on CodeSys and Studio 5000 platforms
• Identify and implement system optimizations
• Contribute to value engineering of the system's electrical and controls hardware components
• 50% travel expected to support onsite system testing

Requirements

• 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
• 5+ years of control system working experience in PLC-based controls design, development, implementation and support
• 5+ years machine control code development experience with practical experience in structured text and/or ladder-logic
• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLC and Soft PLCs/IPCs
• Experience deploying and supporting industrial automation products at scale
• Experience utilizing software development best practices for code management and code reviews

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of engineering practices for software/hardware/network development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, certification, and live site operational testing
• Experience developing controls code utilizing Codesys platform
• Experience with industrial automation and controls system design
• Experience with TCP/IP and industrial networks
• Experience with industrial automation safety design
• Embedded programming experience with C/C++, Java, Python, or similar languages
• Experience with HMI design and development
• Ability to recognize and implement improvements to the human aspects of systems development, implementation, and use

Benefits

• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package