Amazon
Embedded Robotics SDE, Compass
$144K–$194K
PASADENA, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 15, 2026
- Location
- PASADENA, CA
Pasadena, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience; 3+ years developing software in C++ for embedded or real-time systems; preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Own and certify safety-critical embedded software modules that translate robotics research algorithms into production software for Amazon’s robot fleet.
What you'll do
- Maintain the quality, maintainability, and certification readiness of safety-critical embedded software modules.
- Translate R&D algorithms into production-grade embedded software and communicate certification-related requirements upstream.
- Drive software through the safety certification lifecycle, including documentation, evidence, and traceability.
What they ask for
- 3+ years developing software in C++ for embedded or real-time systems.
- Experience with safety-critical or high-reliability software development processes.
- Experience translating research or prototype code into production-quality software.
- Experience in object-oriented programming.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, MISRA C++, AUTOSAR, motion planning, RL, foundation models
AI focus
Integrate safety with motion planning, RL, and foundation models for safe robot autonomy.
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