Applied Scientist II - Robotics RL & Control

The Robot Age; Reading, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Robotics is seeking an applied scientist in North Reading, MA to advance reinforcement learning for robotic systems, including dexterous manipulation, locomotion and human-robot interaction, through simulation and real-world deployment.

The role emphasizes technical research with outcomes that inform production robotics, ensuring learned behaviors remain robust in dynamic environments and safe around humans.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level experience in ML, robotics, controls, or a related field.
• Experience with imitation learning and reinforcement learning for whole-body control.
• Familiarity with model-predictive control, simulation environments, or related methods.
• Ability to build research systems that can inform production robotics.

Responsibilities

• Develop reinforcement learning methods for robotic control and behavior
• Work on imitation learning, whole-body control, and simulation-driven training
• Connect learned policies with manipulation, locomotion, and HRI problems
• Evaluate robustness as systems move from simulation toward real deployment

Skills

Reinforcement learning

Imitation learning

Whole-body control

Robotics research

Education

Graduate-level degree in ML/Robotics/Controls

Tools

Simulation environments

Model-predictive control

Job description

Amazon Robotics is seeking an applied scientist in North Reading, MA to advance reinforcement learning for robotic systems, including dexterous manipulation, locomotion and human-robot interaction, through simulation and real-world deployment.

The role emphasizes technical research with outcomes that inform production robotics, ensuring learned behaviors remain robust in dynamic environments and safe around humans.