Embedded Linux Systems Engineer

Amazon RIVR is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.

Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, Amazon RIVR is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery

Job Description

As our Embedded Linux Systems Engineer, you will be the architect of our robot's compute. Your primary mission is to build, maintain, and secure a custom Linux distribution from the ground up. You will move us away from generic desktop-style distributions toward a lean, hardened, and highly optimized OS. This role is highly technical and hands-on, involving everything from low-level bootloaders and kernel drivers to complex networking stacks and OTA (Over-the-Air) update mechanisms. You will ensure our hardware, ranging from custom PCBs to high-end compute modules, works in perfect harmony with the software stack and AI models.