Human-Robot Interaction Research Scientist

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an HRI Research Scientist to develop expressive interactions that make robots feel alive, personal, and trustworthy. You will work on verbal and non-verbal conversational systems, social dynamics, memory, and long-term relationships between robots, environments, and people.

Join a team applying rigorous research to real-world products, collaborating with engineers and product teams to deliver data-driven insights and agile development in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree with 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.
• Experience applying scientific principles to business problems and products.
• Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data.

Responsibilities

• Develop verbal and non-verbal conversational systems for human-robot interaction.
• Advance social dynamics, memory, and long-term relationship formation between robots and people.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to apply research findings to real products.

Skills

Quantitative research

Data analysis

Business problem solving

Education

PhD or MS + 4+ years

Tools

R

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Amazon is seeking an HRI Research Scientist to develop expressive interactions that make robots feel alive, personal, and trustworthy. You will work on verbal and non-verbal conversational systems, social dynamics, memory, and long-term relationships between robots, environments, and people.

Join a team applying rigorous research to real-world products, collaborating with engineers and product teams to deliver data-driven insights and agile development in a fast-paced environment.