Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers who work passionately to apply cutting edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling, and fun.

Amazon.com empowers a smarter, faster, more consistent customer experience through automation. Amazon Robotics automates fulfillment center operations using various methods of robotic technology including autonomous mobile robots, sophisticated control software, language perception, power management, computer vision, depth sensing, machine learning, object recognition, and semantic understanding of commands. Amazon Robotics has a dedicated focus on research and development to continuously explore new opportunities to extend its product lines into new areas.

Amazon Robotics is seeking a talented and motivated Engineering or Computer Science student to join our HW Technical Program Management Team for a Spring Co-op assignment.

This role is a 6 month co-op to join AR full time (40 hours/week) from July - December 2023. This Amazon Robotics HW TPM Fall co-op opportunity will be fully On-site and based out of North Reading, MA.

The candidate will have the opportunity work with senior program management and engineering staff to deliver updates to existing products as well as new mechanisms, modules and systems. The ideal candidate has strong engineering aptitude, organization and communication skills, enjoys problem solving and can potentially handle multiple parallel tasks. This position reports to a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Manipulation Program Management team.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage one large, or multiple smaller projects in product development or engineering sustainment in support of our and robotic work cell platforms.
• Projects could be Hardware or Software in nature, and span perception (computer vision, machine learning), manipulation (path planning, end of arm tools), controls & safety, Human Machine Interfaces (physical and SW based), or system workflows.
• Project size and quantity is dependent upon candidate comfort level as well as business project priority at the time of hire
• Interface with all engineering disciplines to deliver project requirements
• Work with supply chain, manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, and test engineering to implement engineering changes into production
• Leverage and develop project management skills including
• Development of project schedules using MS Project, or other Gantt chart tool of choice
• Leverage the agile scrum methodology
• Manage a risk register, including identifying, assessing and mitigating risks
• Develop payback models for new product features as required
• Bi-weekly project status reporting to Manipulation leadership team
• Opportunities for process improvement related to management of sustaining projects and activities
• Develop a transition plan to hand off in-process activities to replacement co-op

• The ideal candidate should be pursuing a degree in an engineering discipline: mechanical, electrical or robotics engineering
• The candidate may be pursuing a masters degree in management or business minor
• Preferred familiarity with MS Project (or other equivalent Gantt chart tools and/or Agile Scrum methodology
• Preferred candidate will have experience/interest in robotics, autonomous mobility or robotic manipulation.

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