Senior Automation Engineer

Amazon

Robotics

Python

About this role

Within Amazon Logistics Japan’s Innovation Engineering team, this senior engineer owns the automation roadmap for delivery stations and serves as the robotics and material-handling subject-matter expert, coordinating engineering, operations, facilities, finance, and design teams.

The work covers labor, cost, safety, and operational analysis; CAPEX/OPEX, ROI, NPV, and payback cases; and delivery from design and pilot through commissioning and rollout. The engineer defines layouts, integration architecture, controls requirements, standards, and acceptance criteria, and manages vendor evaluations, FAT/SAT, simulation, throughput modeling, and service strategy. Systems include conveyors, sortation, robotic arms, AGV/AMR, and ASRS.

Applicants need 7+ years in relevant engineering, 3+ years leading complex programs, experience designing and commissioning automated material-handling systems, capital-investment justification experience, and an engineering degree or equivalent. Business-level Japanese and English are required.

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