Amazon's Material Handling Engineering team is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a startup-style R&D team focused on defining and delivering the next generation of material handling equipment across our global distribution network. You will oversee mechanical, electrical and controls engineering, managing a team responsible for standardizing product specifications, assessing OEM capabilities, and when needed, leading the design, testing, and commercialization of Amazon-focused solutions.

As Sr. Manager, you will be a key leader for fast-moving, large, complex material handling systems. You will independently manage a team proficient in communicating effectively to a wide audience including other engineers, external vendors, customer organizations, and business leaders. You will establish mechanisms to measure and improve results and develop scalable solutions across the network.

Skills & Competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent technical documentation skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong attention to detail and safety awareness
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to make data-driven decisions and trade-offs
- Proactive risk mitigation and issue resolution
- Strategic thinking and long-term planning

Leadership Expectations:
- Manage other managers and potentially reports in other locations
- Participate in high-level planning (OP1/OP2, 3-year plans, roadmaps)
- Influence team priorities and business strategy of an organization
- Lead through teaching and empowering others
- Foster a psychologically safe and inclusive culture
- Drive engagement and retention initiatives
- Develop succession plans and assess future skill needs
- Provide clear, timely, and consistent feedback to team members
- Manage challenging conversations with empathy
- Actively recruit and hire bar-raising talent
- Create mechanisms to build diverse teams
- Establish and improve processes for operational excellence



Key job responsibilities
- Build and lead a cross-functional R&D team (mechanical and electrical engineers and PMs)
- Define standardized equipment specifications for Amazon's global distribution network
- Engage OEMs to assess capability, negotiate alignment, and drive design-for-manufacture
- Design, prototype, test, and commercialize equipment when OEM solutions fall short
- Partner with global engineering, operations, procurement, and launch teams to roll out standardized technologies
- Navigate ambiguity, set direction, and deliver results independently
- Drive engineering excellence for complete system implementations
- Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement
- Provide strategic management and align teams to deliver for customers
- Establish mechanisms to evaluate scope and priority across projects
- Drive cost efficiencies and critical issue handling
- Create scalable long-term mechanisms for process improvement
- Manage significantly complex problems/efforts, decisions, and mitigate risks
- Lead by teaching others and fostering a culture of innovation