Applied Scientist, Physical AI for Smart Manufacturing

Amazon; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist to build and deploy first-of-its-kind physical AI capabilities on the OMHS Software Controls and Science team. You will turn applied research into prototypes and production systems operating on real parts on shop floors, combining ML, 3D perception, and geometric reasoning for high-mix to high-volume manufacturing.

You will own the end-to-end loop from data collection to model iteration and integration into robot motion planning and production software

Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, statistics or equivalent field.
• 1+ years of deep learning, computer vision, human-robot interaction, algorithms implementation experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying robots or autonomous systems in real-world environments.
• Ability to debug the full stack from perception to control.

Responsibilities

• Deploy 3D perception and part-recognition systems on robotic welding cells that match physical parts to their CAD models and determine part orientation, tooling, and fixturing without manual programming.
• Build software pipelines that connect CAD and engineering-drawing interpretation to robot motion planning and execution in a production manufacturing environment.
• Frame ambiguous fabrication problems as tractable scientific problems, and prototype solutions end to end — from sensor setup and data collection to model training, deployment, and performance evaluation.
• Evaluate, recommend, and integrate commercial robotic platforms, 3D scanning systems, and sensor hardware to support physical AI development on the shop floor.
• Instrument robotic cells, collect real-world manufacturing data, and iterate on model performance against measurable accuracy and cycle-time targets.
• Collaborate across automation engineering and software engineering teams to integrate your solutions into the shop floor deployment architecture.

Skills

Deep learning

Computer vision

Human-robot interaction

Algorithms

Education

PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist to build and deploy first-of-its-kind physical AI capabilities on the OMHS Software Controls and Science team. You will turn applied research into prototypes and production systems operating on real parts on shop floors, combining ML, 3D perception, and geometric reasoning for high-mix to high-volume manufacturing.

You will own the end-to-end loop from data collection to model iteration and integration into robot motion planning and production software