Staff Scientist, Robotics AI & Foundation Models

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Frontier AI & Robotics seeks a Member of Technical Staff to advance foundational research and build intelligent robotic systems at scale. You will innovate across perception, locomotion, manipulation, and multi-modal learning, translating breakthroughs into real-world robotics.

You will collaborate with world-class researchers and platform teams, guiding end-to-end robotics projects from idea to production, while mentoring junior researchers and driving independent initiatives.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research expertise in robotics, ML, or related field.
• Strong publication record and research impact in robotics.

Responsibilities

• Drive independent research initiatives across the robotics stack and foundation models.
• Design and implement novel deep learning architectures for robot understanding and control.
• Guide technical direction for full-stack robotics projects from concept to deployment.
• Collaborate with platform and hardware teams for robust production integration.
• Mentor researchers while maintaining strong individual technical contributions.

Skills

Robotics research

Deep learning

Reinforcement learning

Perception

Education

PhD in CS/Robotics/ML

Tools

PyTorch

ROS

TensorFlow

Job description

Amazon Frontier AI & Robotics seeks a Member of Technical Staff to advance foundational research and build intelligent robotic systems at scale. You will innovate across perception, locomotion, manipulation, and multi-modal learning, translating breakthroughs into real-world robotics.

You will collaborate with world-class researchers and platform teams, guiding end-to-end robotics projects from idea to production, while mentoring junior researchers and driving independent initiatives.