Senior Scientist, Safe Autonomy Robotics Frontiers

Amazon Inc.; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon is seeking Applied and Research Scientists for the Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab to develop and deploy safe autonomy on dynamic robots. You will advance control barrier function theory, safe reinforcement learning, and layered safety filters across perception, learning, and hardware interfaces.

You will validate science experimentally on state-of-the-art robotic platforms and collaborate with SAF Lab and Amazon teams to deploy research at scale, contributing to publications and

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s + 3+ years in research or robotics engineering.
• Master’s + 3+ years applied science or robotics experience, or PhD.
• Hands-on with control algorithms or learning policies on physical hardware.

Responsibilities

• Advance safe autonomy from formal foundations to hardware validation.
• Test and validate hardware across locomotion, manipulation, and loco-manipulation.
• Bridge theory and practice to drive next research cycle.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Control theory

Safety

Reinforcement learning

Education

PhD

Master's degree

Tools

Isaac Gym

MuJoCo

PyBullet

Job description

Amazon is seeking Applied and Research Scientists for the Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab to develop and deploy safe autonomy on dynamic robots. You will advance control barrier function theory, safe reinforcement learning, and layered safety filters across perception, learning, and hardware interfaces.

You will validate science experimentally on state-of-the-art robotic platforms and collaborate with SAF Lab and Amazon teams to deploy research at scale, contributing to publications and