Amazon
Software Development Engineer II, Motor Control
$144K–$194K
BELLEVUE, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- BELLEVUE, WA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Designs and develops safety-critical real-time motor control and actuator firmware for robotic systems, from prototypes through production.
What you'll do
- Develop and tune motor-control feedback systems, including control loops, commutation, and current control.
- Support functional safety activities, hazard analysis, and safety assessments throughout the product lifecycle.
- Build sensing and calibration pipelines, HIL test automation, and tools for testing and hardware bring-up.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Working knowledge of motor control fundamentals, including feedback control loops, encoders, and current sensing.
- Familiarity with functional safety principles and translating safety requirements into software constraints.
Nice to have
- Experience with RTOS such as QNX and multi-core MCU/CPU platforms.
- Experience with embedded interfaces such as CAN / CAN FD, EtherCAT, SPI, I2C, and RS-485.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
QNX, CAN / CAN FD, EtherCAT, SPI, I2C, RS-485, IEC 61508, ISO 26262
AI focus
The role develops robotic systems that combine AI with control systems, but the posting does not specify AI work as a job duty.
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