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Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics

Amazon.com Services LLC
Seattle, Washington, USA
$136K a year
Temporary
Full-time

Do you want to create worldwide impact in robotics while solving challenges at the edge of robotics research? Our collaborative team in Amazon Robotics builds high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans - at Amazon scale.

Our mission is to enable robots to interact safely, efficiently, and fluently with the clutter and uncertainty of real-world fulfillment centers.

Our solutions enable robots to learn from their own experiences, from each other, and from humans to build intelligence that feeds itself.

We are seeking an Applied Scientist to join our Motion Planning and Control team. You will apply the latest trends in research to solve real-world problems alongside a world-class team of experts in motion planning, computer vision, deep learning, intelligent control, and semi-supervised and unsupervised learning.

We target high-impact algorithmic unlocks in areas such as robotic manipulation in high-contact environments, compliant control, and learning-based control - all of which have high-value impact for our current and future fulfillment networks.

Key job responsibilities

  • Research, design, implement and evaluate complex motion planning, controls, and decision making algorithms integrating across multiple disciplines.
  • Create experiments and prototype implementations of control algorithms, planners, and optimization techniques.
  • Work closely with software engineering team members to drive scalable, real-time implementations.
  • Collaborate with machine learning, perception and software experts to implement and deploy intelligent motion planning, manipulation, and control algorithms.
  • Collaborate closely with hardware engineering team members on developing systems from prototyping to production level.
  • Represent Amazon in academia community through publications and scientific presentations.
  • Work with stakeholders across hardware, science, and operations teams to iterate on systems design and implementation.
  • Balance scientific innovation with a drive to create a robust, reliable, and pragmatic product that works at the scale of Amazon.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children.

Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.

The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include : 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3.

Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets.

If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  • Relevant industry or academic research experience in developing algorithms for robotic motion planning, perception, decision making, control and developing robotic systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience in professional software development
  • 30+ days ago
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