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# Hardware Development Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Reading, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $117,300.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Coverage, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Verification and Validation (Software), PIC Microcontroller
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_amazon6-10460840

## About the Role

Description Amazon Industrial Robotics is seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and motivated Hardware Functional Safety Engineer to define and design safety-relevant controls for robotics systems and industrial equipment.
This candidate should be motivated to adapt well-tried design and safety principles and industrial safety standards into a new and emerging industry.
The preferred candidate would have demonstrated experience developing embedded control systems, experience with machine safety and/or functional safety standards, and possess excellent communication skills.
Key job responsibilities - Guiding the design of controls for robotics and industrial automation equipment for use in a functionally safe product. - Performing hazard and risk assessments, and safety analyses of robotics and industrial automation equipment - Writing or reviewing safety requirement specifications, safety management plans, safety concepts, and verification and validation plans. - Applying IEC industrial standards for the development lifecycle of a robotic control system, and coaching developers on processes to apply during this phase. - Collaboratively participating in interdisciplinary teams to execute product designs from concept to production including design, prototype, test, validation, and certification. - Writing or reviewing functional specifications, design verification plans and test procedures - Analyzing failure modes of control circuits, the effect of the failure, and identifying mitigations and diagnostics - Driving projects to closure; ensuring that
systems can be manufactured, deployed, maintained, and meet regulatory requirements for certification - Ensuring control systems comply to machinery safety standards (ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, IEC 61496) Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field - 4+ years of experience with complex electromechanical systems - Experience with safety programs from concept through certification/regulatory process - Demonstrated strong ability to move seamlessly between levels of abstraction - from system to the "nuts and bolts" implementation. - Demonstrated experience working in a regulated industry (Functional Safety, Military, Medical, Automotive, Robotics) applying standards to design and work products.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience programmatically testing products, measuring test coverage, developing the best automation, driving testability and diagnostic - Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment - Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions - Experience identifying and resolving complex issues - Experience with electronics systems including microcontrollers, FPGAs, and/or mixed-signal designs - Desire to commit and follow through on complex, multi-year programs Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.