Product Development Engineer, OneMHS

Amazon’s Material Handling Engineering team is seeking a Hardware Development Engineer (HDE) to help define, design, and deliver the next generation of material handling equipment across our global distribution network. You will play a critical role in developing mechanical, electrical, and control solutions—working both independently and in collaboration with third-party OEM partners.

• Design, develop, and validate hardware solutions for Amazon’s next-generation material handling systems.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical requirements and engineering solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (operations, procurement, global engineering, and launch teams) to ensure successful product delivery.
• Lead the design-for-manufacturing, assembly, installation, and maintenance processes to ensure long‑term scalability.
• Evaluate and integrate OEM hardware solutions; identify gaps and lead in‑house design where required.
• Build prototypes, conduct testing, and analyze results to validate performance, safety, and reliability.
• Author technical specifications, design documents, and test plans.
• Champion data‑driven decision making, ensuring technical trade‑offs are well documented and communicated.
• Manage risk through proactive identification and mitigation strategies.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in automation, robotics, and industrial equipment.

Amazon installs a significant quantity of new buildings every year. The historical model has been to allow each integrator to use their own equipment, controls, subsystems and methodologies. While that has allowed Amazon to be successful to this point, the variability between buildings has proven difficult to support and scale. One MHS’s charge is to build partnerships to focus on consistency and scalability across our network of the future.

We will partner with key suppliers to help them scale up their manufacturing capabilities to keep up with our needs, while refining their designs to drive innovation and operational uptime and better meet the specific needs of Amazon’s operational environment.

• 4+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with prototyping and implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science.
• 7+ years of new hardware product development experience.
• Experience in hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and effective communication abilities.
• Experience completing complex tasks quickly with minimal guidance and reacting with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround.
• Experience working with OEM vendors and external partners.

• Knowledge of Solid Works simulation or Ansys Finite Element analysis tools.
• Experience designing complex mechanical products and equipment at volume.
• MS degree in engineering, statistics, computer science, operations research, business analytics, information systems or equivalent.
• Experience designing or implementing integrated automation solutions such as material handling systems, high‑speed packaging lines or manufacturing lines.
• Knowledge of consumer product compliance processes and regulations.
• Familiarity with robotics, conveyance or sortation systems.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600 per year in our…