Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability & Decarbonization

Amazon Inc.; Omaha, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to lead assessments of environmental issues across its value chain and to develop quality frameworks enabling scalable procurement of environmental interventions.

You will establish scientific methodologies for sector decarbonization, work with cross-functional teams, and mentor others while maintaining scientific rigor and environmental integrity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years investigating feasibility of applying scientific principles to business problems.
• PhD or Master's with 5+ years of quantitative field research experience.
• Knowledge of R or Python.
• Ability to communicate qualitative research methods to non-qualitative audiences.
• Familiarity with quantitative approaches (t-tests, regressions, ANOVAs, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Develop quality assessment frameworks for environmental interventions and baseline setting.
• Build quantitative benchmarks and statistical models for scalable evaluation.
• Create attribution methodologies for supply chain interventions.
• Develop safeguard criteria incorporating community impact assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate methodologies into requirements.
• Lead research, data collection, modeling, documentation, interpretation, and validation.

Skills

Feasibility analysis

Quantitative research

R or Python

Science communication

Statistical methods

Education

PhD or MS with 5+ years research

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to lead assessments of environmental issues across its value chain and to develop quality frameworks enabling scalable procurement of environmental interventions.

You will establish scientific methodologies for sector decarbonization, work with cross-functional teams, and mentor others while maintaining scientific rigor and environmental integrity.