Robotics SW Engineer , Velocity

RDPI's Velocity software team develops the autonomy software that powers Velocity. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our perception and localization team. You will be part of an exceptional group of engineers building the platform and architecture for our perception, motion planning and control software. In addition, you will collaborate with engineers cross the team to develop and enhance our robotic capabilities.

Key job responsibilities
Specific areas of focus may include (but are not limited too):

- Evaluating and integrating new sensors into the autonomy software stack.
- Developing sensor fusion techniques for obstacle detection and localization.
- Developing machine-learning capabilities and infrastructure for robotic perception and localization.
- Optimizing runtime performance of autonomy algorithms by exploiting underlying hardware acceleration capabilities.
- Building frameworks for large-scale replay and evaluation of events in pre-recorded sensor data.
- Building frameworks to monitor and manage resource utilization on embedded compute platform.
- Building visualization tools for examination and debugging robot behavior.


A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 4+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 4+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 4+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 4+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

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