Robotics Foundation Models Scientist

Amazon

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 300,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics team seeks a Member of Technical Staff to lead research on cutting-edge robotic foundation models and multi-modal systems at scale. You will drive independent research across perception, manipulation, locomotion, and sim2real transfer, delivering practical, production-ready solutions for Amazon's robotic applications.

You will work with world-class researchers, design scalable architectures, and collaborate with platform and hardware teams to ensure robust

Qualifications

  • PhD or Master’s degree with 4+ years of CS/CE/ML or related field experience.
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
  • Experience in patents or publications at top-tier conferences/journals.
  • Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment.
  • Experience building ML models or developing algorithms for business applications.
  • Experience developing and implementing deep learning models.

Responsibilities

  • Drive independent research initiatives across the robotics stack, including robotics foundation models.
  • Design and implement novel deep learning architectures for perception and manipulation.
  • Lead full-stack robotics projects from concepts to deployment with production readiness.
  • Collaborate with platform and hardware teams to scale models for real-world use.
  • Contribute to the team's technical strategy for next-generation robotics challenges.

Skills

Java
C++
Python
Deep learning
Research

Education

PhD in CS/CE/ML
Master's degree + 4+ years experience

Tools

Unix/Linux
PyTorch/JAX

Job description

Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics team seeks a Member of Technical Staff to lead research on cutting-edge robotic foundation models and multi-modal systems at scale. You will drive independent research across perception, manipulation, locomotion, and sim2real transfer, delivering practical, production-ready solutions for Amazon's robotic applications.

You will work with world-class researchers, design scalable architectures, and collaborate with platform and hardware teams to ensure robust

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