Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability & Decarbonization

Amazon Science; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Science is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join the Sustainability team to drive the science behind value chain decarbonization. You will establish scientific methodologies, benchmarks, and risk assessment across Amazon’s operations, leading research and translating findings into actionable procurement solutions.

You will work with cross-functional teams to develop quality frameworks, conduct modeling, and ensure environmental integrity while scaling high-quality interventions

Qualifications

• 5+ years investigating feasibility of applying scientific principles to business problems/products.
• PhD, or Master’s + 5+ years of quantitative field research experience
• Knowledge of R or Python
• Experience communicating qualitative research methods and findings to non-qualitative researchers
• Knowledge of quantitative approaches (e.g., t-tests, regressions, ANOVAs)

Responsibilities

• Develop quality assessment frameworks for complex environmental interventions, baseline-setting approaches, and measurement methodologies
• Build quantitative benchmark and statistical models that enable scalable evaluation across heterogeneous data sources
• Create attribution methodologies for supply chain interventions across Amazon's diverse footprint
• Develop social and environmental safeguard criteria that integrate community impact assessments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, sustainability operations, and business units to translate scientific methodologies into operational requirements
• Work under the direction of senior business leaders while acting as lead Subject Matter Expert for value chain decarbonization science, including designing and leading research, data collection, modeling, documentation, interpretation, and validation

Skills

R or Python

Quantitative methods

Communicating research

Problem solving

Education

PhD or Master's + 5+ years

Tools

LCA databases

TEA

Job description

Amazon Science is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join the Sustainability team to drive the science behind value chain decarbonization. You will establish scientific methodologies, benchmarks, and risk assessment across Amazon’s operations, leading research and translating findings into actionable procurement solutions.

You will work with cross-functional teams to develop quality frameworks, conduct modeling, and ensure environmental integrity while scaling high-quality interventions