Applied Scientist: Perception & Navigation for Last Mile

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Job summary

Amazon’s Last Mile Delivery Automation applies cutting-edge AI to perception, navigation, and planning for autonomous operations. The role blends theory and production implementation, advancing research into scalable production solutions.

Collaboration with scientists, software engineers, and product teams drives safe, reliable systems. The team seeks experts with deep ML, CV, and robotics knowledge, with proven research impact and the ability to deliver production-grade algorithms at scale

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application.
• 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 in building machine learning models for business application.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced machine learning models and algorithms for perception, navigation and planning.
• Lead research initiatives in areas such as computer vision, sensor fusion, behavioral prediction, and path planning.
• Transform research concepts into production-ready solutions that meet strict safety and performance requirements.
• Develop novel approaches to solve complex technical challenges in perception, navigation and planning.
• Create and implement metrics and evaluation frameworks to measure model performance.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate ML solutions into production stack.
• Publish research findings and represent Amazon at technical conferences.

Skills

Machine learning

Computer vision

Robotics

Data analysis

Research skills

Education

PhD

MS in CS/CE/ML or related field

4+ years CS/CE/ML experience

Tools

Unix/Linux

Software development

Job description

Amazon’s Last Mile Delivery Automation applies cutting-edge AI to perception, navigation, and planning for autonomous operations. The role blends theory and production implementation, advancing research into scalable production solutions.

Collaboration with scientists, software engineers, and product teams drives safe, reliable systems. The team seeks experts with deep ML, CV, and robotics knowledge, with proven research impact and the ability to deliver production-grade algorithms at scale