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This role owns the mechanical systems required to safely, reliably, and efficiently support in-van robot docking, charging, storage, deployment, and retrieval, as well as station-side cart docking and robot handoff workflows.\nThe Senior Hardware Engineer will work at the intersection of vehicle engineering, robotics hardware, operations, and safety, translating operational requirements into production-ready mechanical designs that can scale across thousands of vans and delivery stations. This role requires strong mechanical design expertise, deep ownership, and the ability to balance robustness, cost, serviceability, and manufacturability in a high-volume logistics environment.\nKey job responsibilities\nOwn the mechanical design and integration of robot-related systems within delivery vans, including robot docking, retention, deployment, and secure transport.\nDesign in-van charging solutions for robots, including mechanical interfaces, alignment features, thermal considerations, and serviceability requirements.\nLead mechanical design for robot ingress/egress mechanisms, ramps, guides, or fixtures that enable safe and repeatable robot deployment and retrieval.\nDefine and implement station-side infrastructure such as cart docking, robot staging, and handoff interfaces that integrate with existing warehouse workflows.\nTranslate operational and autonomy requirements into clear mechanical requirements, tolerances, and design constraints.\nPartner with electrical, firmware, robotics, and vehicle engineering teams to ensure end-to-end system integration.\nDrive designs through concept, prototyping, validation, and production, including DFMEA, tolerance analysis, and environmental testing.\nEnsure solutions meet safety, ergonomics, and regulatory requirements, including vehicle and workplace safety standards.\nOptimize designs for cost, manufacturability, durability, and ease of maintenance at fleet scale.\nSupport pilot deployments and field testing, rapidly iterating designs based on real-world feedback from drivers and operations teams.\nBasic qualifications\n- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures\n- Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering\n- 10+ years of hardware engineering experience\n- Experience working on a team on a full project life cycle from concept to production.\nPreferred qualifications\n- Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent\n- Experience leading large projects through the full product development life cycle in a large, cross-functional team\n- Experience managing and executing large projects from start to finish, including project management, data gathering and modeling, problem solving, and communicating recommendations\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\nLos Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. 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