HRI Applied Scientist — Socially Intelligent Robots

Amazon Science; New York (NY); On-site; USD 172,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs included

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Science seeks a Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist to advance expressive, socially intelligent robot behavior. You will develop conversational systems that blend language models, perception, and memory to create engaging robot-user interactions.

You will lead projects from concept to deployment, mentor junior scientists, and collaborate across engineering and research teams to bridge theory and practical robotics. A PhD or equivalent experience is required.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in CS/CE/ML or related field.
• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• Publications or patents in top-tier venues.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python.
• Experience with algorithms, data structures, optimization, parallel computing.

Responsibilities

• Develop interactive HRI systems using LLMs and multimodal inputs.
• Design conversational agents with turn-taking and grounding.
• Integrate perceptual sensors for social context.
• Build memory and personalization to sustain long-term user relationships.
• Stay updated on HRI, NLP, and cognitive sciences.
• Lead projects from concept to deployment.
• Mentor junior scientists and engineers.
• Bridge research with engineering implementations.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

LLMs

Reinforcement learning

NLP

Algorithms

Education

PhD or Master's in CS/CE/ML or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon Science seeks a Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist to advance expressive, socially intelligent robot behavior. You will develop conversational systems that blend language models, perception, and memory to create engaging robot-user interactions.

You will lead projects from concept to deployment, mentor junior scientists, and collaborate across engineering and research teams to bridge theory and practical robotics. A PhD or equivalent experience is required.