Senior Robotics SDE III, Amazon Robotics - Vulcan

Amazon • Seattle, WA • Posted June 19, 2026

About the Role

Description
Our team in Amazon Robotics builds robotic systems that perform manipulation tasks safely and reliably in complex, unstructured environments — at Amazon scale. Our scientists and engineers push the boundaries of robotic manipulation to handle enormous object diversity, bringing deep expertise across planning, control, perception, and machine learning. We learn from real-world data at a scale that few teams in robotics can access.

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join the Vulcan program as part of our Motion Behaviors team. You will work alongside experienced roboticists to develop and deploy contact-rich manipulation at speeds and scale not seen anywhere else in the world. You will drive the creation of new tools and pipelines to develop, deploy, and understand the performance of complex item manipulation policies in the messy real world of Amazon global operations. This role sits at the intersection of robotics, ML systems, and productio...