Amazon Robotics - System Development Engineer Co-op - January to June 2025

Amazon - North Reading, MA

Full-time - Intern

North Reading, MA

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About the position

Amazon Robotics is seeking a talented and motivated Engineering student for a 6-month co-op assignment within our Hardware Engineering teams. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior engineering staff on innovative tools, mechanisms, modules, and systems, contributing to real-world challenges in robotics and software. The ideal candidate will possess strong mechanical aptitude, enjoy problem-solving, and be capable of managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Enables greater team agility via improvements to design, automation, development, test, or operations.
• Identifies risks and mitigations in designs solving defined technical problems and makes trade-offs.
• Develops software for small tools and applications, ensuring code is tested, logical, and maintainable.
• Creates technology solutions that are simple to start but may have opportunities for optimizations, efficiencies, or scaling.
• Writes clear, accurate, and concise documentation.
• Performs basic troubleshooting to mitigate issues for team or customer impact.
• Conducts simulations on workcell or equipment performance and publishes metrics to monitor program effectiveness.
• Integrates features and combines outputs from a multidisciplinary team into a unified product.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Science Engineering.
• Programming experience in Python, C++ is a plus.
• Basic understanding in the use of CAD software such as Solidworks.
• Data processing skills using analytics software such as Minitab.
• Basic understanding of different sensors (pressure, force, distance, etc.) available in the market place.
• Experience designing and testing mechatronic systems with microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators.
• Desire and energy to work in a fast-paced agile environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with and programming industrial robots (ABB, Fanuc, etc).
• Experience writing software executed for dynamic physical systems.
• Familiarity with industrial standard electric and pneumatic actuators.
• Hands-on experience with the ability to craft simple proof-of-concept models.
• Experience debugging complex systems.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work well with teams.
• Experience with ROS.
• Experience with Git and working in large repositories.

Benefits

• Direct access to robotics testing labs and manufacturing facilities.
• Opportunity to work with senior engineering staff.
• Hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment.