Senior Systems Engineer Control Systems & Mechatronics, Amazon Robotics

In this role you will design and analyze control systems for robotic actuators, lead cross-disciplinary integration, and drive system-level trade studies. You will build models in MATLAB/Simulink to predict performance and validate approaches, ensuring robust, high-performance motion control across mechanical, electrical, and software domains. You will influence subsystem designs through rigorous analysis, risk assessments, and clear technical artifacts. This is a hands-on, impactful role at the forefront of robotics and automation, shaping how customers receive orders at scale.

• Design and analyze control systems for robotic actuators and manipulators (impedance, force, and advanced motion control)
• Model actuator systems in MATLAB/Simulink to predict performance and validate approaches
• Develop control architecture and assess stability, bandwidth, and overall performance
• Design filters, observers, and signal processing to mitigate sensor noise, bandwidth limits, backlash, and saturation
• Lead cross-functional integration across mechanical, electrical, and software domains
• Identify system-level trade-offs to optimize across components rather than individual parts
• Derive performance requirements and allocations for integrated subsystems
• Perform trade space studies comparing control architectures on performance, cost, complexity, risk, and timeline
• Lead risk assessments and failure mode analyses for control systems including stability margins and fault tolerance
• Generate technical artifacts (models, analyses, requirements, test plans) to guide subsystem designs across teams

• Experience developing and testing mechanical robotics equipment
• Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems
• Experience with system-modeling techniques and data-processing software (Matlab, Python, or similar)
• Deep knowledge of electrical-drives systems
• Knowledge of industry standard design tools and methodologies
• 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and test procedures
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Master’s Degree in a related field

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strong communication and documentation
• Problem-solving mindset with system-level thinking
• Control theory for robotics
• Actuator and motor drive systems
• Impedance control and force control