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As a member of the Emerging Countries Engineering team, you will be the technical owner who designs complex material handling equipment solutions including sorters (autosorters), conveyors, vision-guided systems, and support infrastructure and sees them through from concept to live operation across multiple facilities.\nThis is a hands-on engineering role. You will personally own the technical work: defining equipment specifications, running the calculations and value engineering, producing and reviewing layouts and designs, and owning deployment end-to-end. You will work with high autonomy, partner directly with equipment suppliers, and collaborate across business and technical teams at the country and worldwide level.\nThis role will be based out of Mexico and involves regular travel within the country as well as occasional international travel. \nKey job responsibilities\nDesign material handling automation solutions autosorters, conveyors, vision-guided systems, and support infrastructure owning the technical solution end-to-end.\nDevelop and support the business case, design, and deployment for automation initiatives, quantifying impact (CAPEX, ROI, throughput, labor, cycle time).\nPrepare specifications and technical detail that fully define requirements for building environment, equipment, material, process, and services.\nProduce and review technical documentation building layouts, traffic plans, flow diagrams, conveyor and equipment layouts, installation details, schedules, and budgets ensuring they meet requirements.\nConduct value engineering / value analysis and provide hands-on technical input across cross-functional infrastructure projects.\nOwn equipment implementation across multiple facilities, from planning through installation, commissioning, and handover.\nWork independently as the technical lead, coordinating directly with suppliers, project engineers, and contractors as needed.\nBasic qualifications\n- Bachelor's degree\n- 5+ years of in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments experience\n- Experience with CAD software (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM 360, etc.)\n- Experience and strong technical background in relevant fields of automated or non-automated material handling equipment\n- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization\n- Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English\n- Strong analytical, data-driven approach paired with practical engineering intuition; able to quantify the business impact of engineering decisions.\nPreferred qualifications\n- Master's degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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