Senior AI Robotics Simulation Scientist

Amazon; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 167,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Industrial Robotics is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems at Amazon's scale. We combine AI, control systems, and mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely with humans in dynamic environments.

The role focuses on dexterous manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction, applying deep learning and large language models.

Qualifications

• PhD, or PhD and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Strong programming skills in modern Python and/or C++ and experience with GPU programming (CUDA, Warp, or similar).
• Experience with robotics simulation environments such as MuJoCo, Newton, Drake and/or Isaac Lab.
• Expertise in numerical methods for multibody dynamics, frictional contact, FEM, MPM or other physics-based simulation approaches.
• Experience implementing scientific or simulation software in a collaborative, production-quality codebase.
• Proficiency in linear algebra, differential equations, and numerical analysis.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• PhD in simulation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with simulation and robotics experts to translate physical modeling needs into robust, scalable, and maintainable simulation solutions.
• Design and implement high-performance simulation modeling and tools for rigid and deformable body simulation.
• Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in simulation pipelines to support real-time and batch simulation workflows.
• Help build validation and unit testing pipelines to ensure correctness and physical fidelity of simulation results.
• Identify potential sources of sim-to-real gaps and propose modeling and numerical approximations to reduce them.
• Stay current with the latest advances in numerical methods, parallel computing, and GPU architectures, and incorporate them into our tools.

Skills

Python/C++

GPU programming

Robotics simulation

Numerical methods

Production-quality code

Java/Python/C++

Education

PhD in CS/CE/ML or related field

PhD in simulation

Tools

MuJoCo

Newton

Drake

Isaac Lab

Job description

Amazon Industrial Robotics is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems at Amazon's scale. We combine AI, control systems, and mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely with humans in dynamic environments.

The role focuses on dexterous manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction, applying deep learning and large language models.