Applied Scientist, Mobile Manipulation Robotics (I/O)

Amazon; Reading (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Maternity and Parental Leave Options

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Amazon, located in Reading, Massachusetts, is seeking an Applied Scientist to enhance mobile manipulation capabilities through edge AI and machine learning. This role involves model development, data management, and collaboration with a dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will have a PhD or a Master's with significant experience, strong programming skills in languages like Java, C++, or Python, and a passion for innovative robotics solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences.
• Professional software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement model architectures and training processes.
• Prepare training data and manage data quality.
• Design experiments to validate model performance.

Skills

Model Development

Data Management

Code Development

Research

Collaboration

Education

PhD in CS, CE, ML or related field

Master's degree with 4+ years of experience

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Unix/Linux

Job description

Stellen-ID: 10393255 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Overview

Amazon Robotics is transforming warehouse automation through edge AI and machine learning applied to real-world robotics challenges. We’re seeking an Applied Scientist to advance our mobile manipulation capabilities by developing learning-based approaches that enable robots to navigate and manipulate objects in dynamic fulfillment environments. This role offers the opportunity to apply state-of-the-art research to production systems operating at Amazon’s unprecedented scale.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Model Development and Training: Designing and implementing the model architectures, training and fine‑tuning the models using various datasets, and optimizing the model performance through iterative experiments.
• Data Management: Process and prepare training data, including data governance, provenance tracking, data quality checks and creating reusable data pipelines.
• Experimentation and Validation: Design and execute experiments to test model capabilities on the simulator and on the embodiment, validate performance across different scenarios, create a baseline and iteratively improve model performance.
• Code Development: Write clean, maintainable, well‑commented and documented code, contribute to training infrastructure, create tools for model evaluation and testing, and implement necessary APIs.
• Research: Stay current with latest developments in foundation models and robotics, assist in literature reviews and research documentation, prepare technical reports and presentations, and contribute to research discussions and brainstorming sessions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with senior scientists, engineers, and leaders across multiple teams, participate in knowledge sharing, support integration efforts with robotics hardware teams, and help document best practices and methodologies.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience in patents or publications at top‑tier peer‑reviewed conferences or journals
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high‑performance computing
• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development

About the Team

We are a smart, collaborative team of enthusiastic doers that work passionately to apply innovative advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences. We invent new improvements every day and give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.