Applied Scientist — ML & Physics‑Based Modeling

Amazon; Town of Westboro (WI); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist on the Science SW team to blend ML research with production-ready systems across computer vision, optimization, and orchestration. You will frame ambiguous business problems into tractable scientific tasks and build ML systems, first-principles models, and embedded prototypes for real-world deployment.

You will collaborate with multiple science and engineering teams to integrate solutions into deployment architectures and optimize throughput across

Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, an advanced degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.
• Strong foundation in applied mathematics, statistics, and machine learning, with versatility across domains.
• Experience with popular deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and the scientific Python stack (e.g., NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, pandas).

Responsibilities

• Own the research and development of scientific and ML solutions across a broad range of problems spanning classical machine learning, statistical modeling, computer vision, optimization, and physics-informed / first-principles modeling in a production environment.
• Rapidly ramp on unfamiliar problem domains, frame ambiguous or open-ended business problems as tractable scientific problems, and prototype solutions end to end.
• Prototype and evaluate sensing hardware and lightweight, edge-deployable models that run on commodity compute under real-world constraints.
• Collaborate across multiple science and engineering teams to integrate your solutions into our deployment architecture.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Machine learning

PyTorch

TensorFlow

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Education

Advanced degree in relevant field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist on the Science SW team to blend ML research with production-ready systems across computer vision, optimization, and orchestration. You will frame ambiguous business problems into tractable scientific tasks and build ML systems, first-principles models, and embedded prototypes for real-world deployment.

You will collaborate with multiple science and engineering teams to integrate solutions into deployment architectures and optimize throughput across