Software Development Engineer 2 - Teleoperation

Description

Amazon is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're building robotic systems that combine cutting-edge AI, sophisticated control systems, and advanced mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely alongside humans in dynamic environments. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of robotics and automation at an unprecedented scale, working with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotic dexterous manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction. This role presents an opportunity to shape the future of robotics through innovative applications of the latest software and AI tools for robots.

At Amazon we leverage advanced robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to solve complex operational challenges at an unprecedented scale. Our fleet of robots operates across hundreds of facilities worldwide, working in sophisticated coordination to fulfill our mission of customer excellence.

We are building the brains of our next-generation robots - a stack that:
- Enables deployment of robots at Amazon scale
- Enables unprecedented generalization across diverse tasks
- Seamlessly integrates with large models and optimal control techniques
- Integrates with human-safe safety solutions

As a Software Development Engineer on our robot teleoperation team, you will build the human-in-the-loop software that lets an operator help a robot when autonomy can't. Operators see what the robot sees, take control, and hand control back so the robot can continue its task. Teleoperation is how we collect the demonstrations our robot learning models are trained on, and how robots in the field get remote assistance instead of stopping. You will work on the on-robot teleoperation service, the low-latency link to the operator, and the operator applications.

Join us in building the next generation of intelligent robotics systems that will transform the future of automation and human-robot collaboration.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience with any programming language such as Python, Java, C++
- Experience building software for remotely operating or assisting robots or other machines in real time, such as teleoperation, remote assistance, or operator tools

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Experience shipping teleoperation or remote assistance systems to production for robots or autonomous vehicles
- Experience building software for robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, or other systems that control physical hardware
- Experience with low-latency video pipelines, including hardware video encoding and decoding (e.g., H.264/H.265, NVENC), GStreamer, WebRTC, and adaptive bitrate
- Experience building low-latency network communication over Wi-Fi, cellular, and wide-area links (e.g., UDP, QUIC, RTP, WebRTC data channels), including congestion control, packet loss, and latency measurement
- Experience developing VR or XR applications (e.g., OpenXR, Unity, Unreal Engine), including stereo video rendering, head and hand tracking, and haptic or force feedback
- Experience with motion retargeting or inverse kinematics, mapping human motion from VR controllers, data gloves, or exoskeletons to robot arms and hands
- Experience with robotics middleware (e.g., ROS 2, Zenoh, ZCM), and with robot data logging and visualization (e.g., MCAP, Rerun, Foxglove)
- Experience collecting robot demonstration data for imitation learning, or working with applied scientists on robot learning
- Experience with robot simulation (e.g., Isaac Sim, MuJoCo)
- Experience deploying software on embedded GPU platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson)
- Experience building operator or monitoring consoles with modern web front-end frameworks
- Experience using AI coding assistants and agents to speed up development, with sound judgment about reviewing and verifying their output
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across science and engineering teams

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.