Sr System Development Engineer, World Wide Design Engineering

Amazon

Amazon

Design
Nashville, TN, USA
Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Description

Are you an exceptional Industrial, Systems, or Quality Engineer who thrives on the challenge of ensuring world-class performance of complex, automated facilities? Do you have a passion for defining and implementing robust testing and verification processes? Then we want to talk to you!

I'm building an elite team of engineers focused on redefining how we test and qualify our large fulfillment operations. Your mission will be to define the standard for what success looks like, and to verify that our systems are installed and commissioned to that high bar.

The ultimate goal?
• No surprises when we launch a new facility with empowered operations and maintenance teams
• Every customer receives their packages on time, every time

In this role, you will:
• Define world-class testing standards for our material handling and robotic systems
• Design test methodologies based on the defined standards
• Develop comprehensive validation strategies to ensure flawless performance
• Mentor and develop our engineering talent
• Collaborate seamlessly across teams to drive operational excellence
• Directly influence and contribute to future design requirements for design and installation

Key job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop technical testing methods for mission-critical features
• Inspect the results of the testing and continuously refine and improve the testing methodologies - defining what 'good' looks like
• Establish and oversee quality metrics and improvement initiatives that scale across our network
• Drive engineering excellence for complete system implementations
• Foster collaboration between engineers, vendors, customers, and business stakeholders
• Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement


A day in the life
- 30% domestic travel
- PLC programming (Ladder Logic/Structured Text)
- Ability to code in SQL, Python or C/C++
- Innovative design and implementation ideas for our material handling equipment and conveyor systems
- Complex system testing, commissioning, verification, and validation
- Responsible for identifying risk and developing test strategies to mitigate that risk
- Designing and implementing systems within large-scale industrial or logistics facilities, preferrably large fulfillment centers