Embedded System Engineer Internship Jobs in Lexington, MA

Join our Safety Firmware team at Amazon Robotics and be at the forefront of embedded safety systems development. As a Software Development Engineer II, you'll bridge hardware and software in creating safety-certified solutions for Amazon's warehouse automation systems. Your expertise in C/C++/Rust programming will be essential as you design, implement, test, and maintain embedded software components that ensure people remain safe around our robotic solutions.
In this role, you'll collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines, working with mechanical, electrical, cloud software, fleet management, manufacturing, and field support teams. You'll explore the latest development of EdgeAI on resource-constrained embedded systems while adhering to rigorous safety standards and implementing deterministic behavior that protects people interacting with automated robotic solutions.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement embedded software components for safety-critical systems using C/C++/Rust, ensuring high quality, maintainable code that meets rigorous safety standards
- Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware design, manufacturing, and software teams to integrate products and solutions end-to-end, from initial design through field deployment
- Participate in the full product development lifecycle including scoping, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance of embedded safety systems
- Provide meaningful feedback during code reviews and contribute to improving software quality, customer experience, and maintainability across your team's products
- Explore and implement new possibilities for EdgeAI on resource-constrained embedded systems while maintaining deterministic behavior and reliable performance
A day in the life
Your day begins with a team sync-up through a standup meeting or messaging platform to align on priorities and progress. From there, you might spend time collaborating with cross-functional teams to design a complex system, implement embedded software components, work with hardware teams on integration challenges, or debug tricky problems. You'll review peers' code commits, contribute to continuous integration systems, and document your work to ensure knowledge sharing across teams. Throughout the day, you'll balance technical work with communication to ensure safety requirements are met while delivering high-performance embedded solution
About the team
Join the world-leading Safety Firmware team at Amazon Robotics, where we develop embedded safety systems deployed across Amazon's robotic fleet. We specialize in safety-certified solutions that combine rigorous standards compliance with deterministic, reliable performance. Our "secret sauce" is integrating safety considerations from initial design through delivery, enabling us to meet ambitious schedules without compromising quality. As Amazon's automation portfolio expands, our team has evolved into specialized groups united by common DNA and a shared commitment to excellence in safety-critical embedded software development.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
- Experience writing low level drivers
- Experience in embedded wireless systems
- Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and parallel computing
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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.
USA, MA, North Reading - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, MA, Westboro - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually