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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Manager, AWS IoT (Physical AI) - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $184,900.0 - $250,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Cyber Security, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Linux on Embedded Systems, Network Control, Software Product Management, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Build Process, U-Boot, Software Coding, Aws Iot, Software Version Control - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/1FE910D3AA5F4294B13F433A7DD9CB01/job/ ## About the Role * 3+ years of engineering team management experience * 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience * 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience * Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations * Experience partnering with product or program management teams * Experience with systems software, embedded Linux, or software that ships to devices, * Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers * Experience managing teams that own both cloud services and embedded or on-device layers * Experience with edge AI and ML inference deployment, including model compatibility and versioning at fleet scale * Experience with secure OTA architecture (TUF, Uptane) and hardware root of trust (TPM, HSM, secure boot, attestation) * Experience with AWS IoT, AWS IoT Greengrass, or other cloud-based device management services ## Description Lead a team of cloud and embedded engineers building the edge runtime and control plane for Physical AI fleet management, including artifact caching, peer discovery, coordinated OTA across nested processor hierarchies, and fleet state reconciliation after long disconnection. Hire, develop, and retain engineers from L4 through L6, and build a team where cloud engineers ramp on embedded systems and embedded engineers ramp on distributed systems. Own the roadmap from ambiguous problem statements through launch, and scale the platform from early adopters to global fleets of autonomous machines across every AWS region. Drive deployment reliability on hardware that is physically accessible and routinely offline, where a failed update reaches machines that move and rollback has to work without a network round trip. Own the security architecture for software and model distribution, including signed artifacts, secure OTA (TUF and Uptane), and hardware root of trust (TPM, secure boot, attestation) on devices an attacker can hold. Own operational excellence for physical fleets, including oncall, alarming, release discipline, and the version and security posture of every processor in the field. Partner with client teams across AWS IoT, applied science, and robotics, and with silicon and OEM partners whose attestation and boot primitives the security model depends on. Set the technical bar through architecture and design review, and hold decisions on state, consistency, and failure handling across tiers that cannot see each other. A day in the life You might start your morning reviewing a design for coordinated OTA across nested processors and pushing back on how it handles a gateway that reconnects with stale state. After standup you could run a hiring loop debrief, then meet a silicon partner to close an attestation dependency that gates the next release. 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