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# Sr. Innovation and Design Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,100.0 - $178,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Computer-Aided Design, Systems Analysis, Microsoft Project, Systems Architecture, Reliability of Systems
- **Published:** June 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/BB6902F885E04939B096491214DD9575/job/

## About the Role

* 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
 * Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
 * Experience with design & innovation and research & development
 * Experience in management of engineering design projects
 * Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software, * 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
 * Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
 * Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, electronic system design, and decision making
 * Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
 * Experience with design-in-safety

## Description

Are you an innovative leader that wants to design the next generation of world-class fulfillment centers and logistics systems across the globe? Do you want a high level of ownership in solving complex problems? Does the challenge of designing and implementing ground breaking solutions for automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems including robotics and high speed manufacturing appeal to you? If you're looking to be challenged in a fast paced and often ambiguous environment, you have strong technical problem solving ability, and excellent project management skills then this job is for you!

In this role you will:

 * Own the design of physical fulfillment and logistics systems around the globe, to develop optimal solutions for the fulfillment and transportation network through site layout, equipment specification, material flow, process design, and intellectual property considerations.
 * Innovate with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems including robotics and mechatronics across 100+ new fulfillment and logistics centers that are being built each year.
 * Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to generate high quality, cost effective solutions in very short periods of time.
 * Simultaneously manage multiple high visibility projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
 * Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects
 * Lead ergonomic design improvements leveraging digital human modeling results
 * Develop standard work documentation across multiple building types


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