Software Development Engineer II

Amazon is developing advanced robotics systems that combine artificial intelligence, machine learning, control systems, and mechanical design to transform automation. The Software Development Engineer II will integrate perception, SLAM, and navigation models into on-robot software, optimize them for real-time embedded GPU inference, and build evaluation and production systems that improve robot performance.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with perception, SLAM, and navigation scientists and engineers to integrate their models and algorithms (e.g., stereo depth, object detection and segmentation, visual-inertial odometry, mapping, and localization) into the on-robot software stack
• Optimize deep learning models and computer vision pipelines for real-time inference on embedded GPUs, using techniques such as quantization, pruning, graph optimization, and inference-engine tuning
• Profile and reduce end-to-end perception latency, throughput, and memory use from sensor input to model output, including when multiple models share the same GPU
• Build efficient multi-camera and multi-sensor data paths, including zero-copy and hardware-accelerated pre- and post-processing, together with sensor-interface and model-serving owners
• Build and own evaluation datasets, metrics, and regression gates (precision, recall, accuracy, latency) across offline, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and use them with science partners to drive measurable accuracy improvements
• Make perception components production-ready with versioning, configuration, health monitoring, and telemetry, and debug failures observed on real robots
• Write design documents and experiment reports that clearly communicate tradeoffs, results, and limitations to science, engineering, and program stakeholders