System Development Engineer, Automation Integration Technologies

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Arlington, VA · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering

System Development Engineer role focused on building and maintaining tools for automating the deployment, management, and monitoring of complex material handling systems, including conveyor networks, robotic workcells, and industrial control systems. The role involves innovating in building Human Machine Interfacing Platforms and a mission-critical equipment visualization platform, collaborating with various engineering teams and product managers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with the team to ensure the platform seamlessly integrates with a wide range of industrial equipment, sensors, and other control system components.
  2. Contribute to the overall system architecture and design, providing input on the integration of industrial automation components.
  3. Assist in defining the data flow, communication protocols, and interface specifications between the platform and the underlying industrial systems.
  4. Identify and address technical challenges related to the integration of industrial automation technologies into the visualization platform.
  5. Participate in the development of critical system components to incorporate industrial-specific features and functionalities into the platform, leveraging your expertise in industrial automation and control systems.

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
  • Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
  • Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Nice to have

  • Experience with distributed systems at scale
  • Experience building services using AWS products
  • Knowledge of a front-end language (Javascript, CSS, HTML, etc.)
  • Experience with Linux/Unix
  • Experience with Industrial control systems, both hardware and software

What the JD emphasized

  • industrial automation
  • control systems