Technical Lab Manager - Robotics R&D, Frontier AI & Robotics
About the job
- A bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field is required.
- At least 7 years of hands-on experience with robotic systems integration, including actuators, sensors such as force/torque sensors, inertial measurement units, and encoders, and embedded systems is required.
- At least 3 years of experience leading and mentoring technical teams in laboratory or prototype development environments is required.
- Proficiency in hardware troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and signal analyzers is required.
- Deep understanding of electromechanical systems, including power distribution, communication buses such as Controller Area Network, EtherCAT, and RS-485, and sensor integration is required.
- A proven track record developing assembly procedures, test protocols, and technical documentation for prototype hardware is required.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and system architecture diagrams is required.
- Lead and develop a cross-functional technician team supporting robotic prototype hardware, own daily priorities and team key performance indicators, communicate risks to Frontier AI & Robotics leadership, and serve as the lab's technical escalation point.
- Assemble and integrate robotic hardware, including actuators, sensors, vision systems, and machined components.
- Build assembly processes and test protocols with hardware engineering, drive design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly feedback, perform simple mechanical and electrical design tasks, lead integration and debugging, and partner with engineers to optimize manufacturability and testability.
- Validate hardware revisions and verify mechanical assemblies, power sequencing, communications interfaces, and peripherals during hardware bring-up.
- Troubleshoot and identify root causes across the full robot platform, including power, compute, communications, actuators, and sensors; conduct component-to-system-level failure analysis using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters; reproduce critical failures; interpret schematics; and coordinate communication between the lab and engineering teams.
- Author runbooks, failure-analysis reports, assembly guides, and troubleshooting guides, and maintain lab documentation and quality standards.
- Own the output of mechanical design technicians and oversee simple research-and-development design tasks and test-fixture design.
- Manage machine-shop capabilities and quality, equipment and inventory, vendor coordination, and safety and regulatory compliance.
- Develop test methodologies, design jigs and fixtures, implement hardware-in-the-loop testing, and streamline failure-to-resolution workflows.
- Lead robotics technicians and lab engineering staff supporting high-degree-of-freedom robotic hardware prototype assembly and validation.
- Manage quality inspections of incoming parts, technician one-on-one meetings, machine-shop operations, urgent prototyping requests, documentation updates, milestone planning, lab safety, and equipment maintenance.
- At least 10 years of experience in robotics hardware development, hardware integration, or related work within advanced robotic systems, research institutions, or high-performance engineering environments.
- Extensive experience designing, integrating, and troubleshooting high-degree-of-freedom robotic systems, including actuators, force/torque sensors, inertial measurement units, encoders, vision systems, and associated control hardware.
- Operational experience with robotic control systems, including performance monitoring, hardware health diagnostics, and data-driven analysis of robotic system behavior during testing and deployment.
- Hands-on experience in robotics labs, hardware test facilities, or hardware integration environments, including familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing methodologies and robotic system acceptance-test procedures.
- A proven track record fostering innovation, quality, and continuous improvement within technical teams.
About the company
Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
1994
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What believers are saying
- AI drives growth: AWS's AI and custom-chip sales each more than doubled, passing $25 billion a year by June 2026.
- Stock grants gained value: shares hit a record in August 2026, making Amazon the fifth company to reach $3 trillion.
- Ads are a third engine beside stores and AWS: they grew 26% to $19.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.
What critics are saying
- AWS's lead is shrinking: in the June 2026 quarter, Google Cloud grew 82% and Microsoft's Azure 43%, versus AWS's 37%.
- Job security has slipped: Amazon cut 30,000 corporate jobs in October 2025 and January 2026 to reduce management layers.
- Expect five office days a week: Amazon ended its three-day hybrid policy for corporate staff in January 2025.
What makes Amazon unique
- Most of Amazon's profit comes from cloud: AWS made 21% of sales but 60% of operating profit in mid-2026.
- Amazon is America's biggest parcel carrier by volume: it handled 6.9 billion packages in 2025, more than the Postal Service.
- Writing matters more than slides: Amazon meetings open with silent reading of a six-page memo instead of PowerPoint.
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