Applied Scientist, Robotics Evaluation & Data Pipelines

Amazon; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 172,400 - 223,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist in Seattle, WA to develop evaluation frameworks and data collection protocols for robotic capabilities. The role involves designing how to measure, stress-test, and enhance robot behavior through real-world tasks.

The candidate is expected to lead innovative technical projects and collaborate with engineering teams. A PhD or Master's degree along with relevant programming experience in languages like Java, C++, and Python are required. Amazon also offers substantial benefits and equity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience.
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier conferences or journals.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement evaluation frameworks to measure robot capabilities.
• Develop task definitions and success criteria for evaluation of policies.
• Create and refine data collection protocols for high-quality datasets.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for integrating evaluation tooling.

Skills

Programming in Java

Programming in C++

Programming in Python

Data mining

High-performance computing

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in CS, CE, ML or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist in Seattle, WA to develop evaluation frameworks and data collection protocols for robotic capabilities. The role involves designing how to measure, stress-test, and enhance robot behavior through real-world tasks.

The candidate is expected to lead innovative technical projects and collaborate with engineering teams. A PhD or Master's degree along with relevant programming experience in languages like Java, C++, and Python are required. Amazon also offers substantial benefits and equity.