System Development Engineer II, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering

  • Amazon
  • Richmond, Texas
  • Full Time

Amazon's Reliability, Maintenance, and Engineering (RME) team is hiring for a System Development Engineer to join our corporate-based engineering team in Automation Engineering.

At Amazon we believe that Every Day is still Day One! Were working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. The candidate will be a subject matter expert in controls systems, workplace safety, and data driven management and leadership. The role will involve material handling equipment (MHE) systems/applications, packaging automation, distribution processes, and storage systems. The candidate will manage multiple complex projects and simultaneously influence and develop relationships at all organization levels.

Key job responsibilities
Drive maintenance Best Practices: Innovate, document, improve work methods, standardize, provide a safe work environment and require safe work practices, train, commission equipment, collect, measure, and analyze key performance indicators to improve processes and improve Amazon customers experience.
Coordinate and plan work activities for the Control Systems Engineers to accomplish goals and objectives of North America Customer Fulfillment teams.
Work closely with building Operations, Operations Engineering, fulfillment center (FC) Start up Team, Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Software teams, Amazon Customer Excellence Systems (ACES) team, and Safety in supporting MHE systems optimization and project implementation.
Understand, maintain, and troubleshoot material handling control systems, including programmable logic controller (PLC)/personal computer (PC) controllers and industrial networks such as Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, motor control systems, servo drives, frequency drives, and electrical distribution systems.
Monitor MHE metrics and partner with maintenance/operations for system performance issues and provide analysis across all operations.
Facilitate Failure Analysis and Incident Review processes and implement process improvements or retraining to avoid future incidents.
Apply subject matter expertise in material handling and electronic systems to maximize building utilization of systems.
Handle flexible work load from management or other operations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our 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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Job ID: 490852762
Originally Posted on: 8/27/2025

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