Member of Technical Staff - Robot Manipulation & Learning, Frontier AI Robotics

Amazon; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Frontier AI Robotics team is seeking a Member of Technical Staff to advance robot manipulation and learning, focusing on real2sim2real pipelines, large-scale data, and reinforcement learning. You will design learning algorithms and integrate vision, tactile sensing, and proprioception to push toward human-level performance.

Join world-class researchers as your work scales across Amazon's global infrastructure, turning cutting-edge research into deployable robotics capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Learning manipulation: Design and implement robot learning algorithms for manipulation.
• Leverage vision models to extract 3D hand‑object manipulation information from real‑world situations.
• Develop large‑scale real2sim2real pipeline for manipulation.
• Multimodal Sensor Fusion: Integrate tactile sensing, proprioception and vision into the learning pipeline.

Skills

Robot manipulation

Reinforcement learning

Vision models

Leadership / mentoring

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Member of Technical Staff - Robot Manipulation & Learning, Frontier AI Robotics

Job ID: 10418413 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Overview

We are seeking to hire software engineers who are excited about research for robot manipulation with the goal of developing manipulation systems at human-level performance. Our strategy focuses on a real2sim2real pipeline that learns from large scale human videos and leverages simulation and reinforcement learning to bridge the human-to-robot embodiment gap.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Learning manipulation: Design and implement robot learning algorithms for manipulation
• Leverage vision models to extract 3D hand‑object manipulation information from real‑world situations
• Develop large‑scale real2sim2real pipeline for manipulation
• Multimodal Sensor Fusion: Integrate tactile sensing, proprioception and vision into the learning pipeline

About the team

At Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR), we're not just advancing robotics – we're reimagining it from the ground up. Our team is building the future of intelligent robotics through frontier foundation models and end-to-end learned systems. We tackle some of the most challenging problems in AI and robotics, from developing sophisticated perception systems to creating adaptive manipulation strategies that work in complex, real‑world scenarios.

What sets us apart is our unique combination of ambitious research vision and practical impact. We leverage Amazon's massive computational infrastructure and rich real-world datasets to train and deploy state-of-the-art foundation models. Our work spans the full spectrum of robotics intelligence – from multimodal perception using images, videos, and sensor data, to sophisticated manipulation strategies that can handle diverse real-world scenarios. We're building systems that don't just work in the lab, but scale to meet the demands of Amazon's global operations.

Join us if you're excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotics, working with world-class researchers, and seeing your innovations deployed at unprecedented scale.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience with robotic manipulation
• Experience/knowledge developing RL for manipulation
• Experience with extracting human manipulation from large scale video and/or mocap data

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $300,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors, including market location, and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

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