Senior Applied Scientist, Industrial Robotics Group

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · N.reading, MA · Research Science

This role focuses on developing advanced robotics systems that integrate AI, control systems, and mechanical design for automation. The scientist will lead the design and implementation of methods for Visual SLAM, navigation, and spatial reasoning, leveraging simulation and real-world data for model development. The goal is to create a hierarchical system combining low-level control with high-level planning for dexterous manipulation and human-robot interaction.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead design and implementation of methods for Visual SLAM, navigation and spatial reasoning
  2. Leverage simulation and real-world data collection to create large datasets for model development
  3. Develop a hierarchical system that combines low-level control with high-level planning
  4. Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to co-design hardware and algorithms for dexterous manipulation

Skills

Required

  • PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • High expertise and experience with state-of-the-art in SLAM techniques
  • Experience with data generation in simulation and real world

Nice to have

  • Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
  • PhD in Robotics, with focus on SLAM
  • Experience in robotic manipulation, LLM, VLA, MPC and RL
  • Experience with robotics frameworks for fast prototyping (Matlab, ROS, etc.)

What the JD emphasized

  • PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
  • High expertise and experience with state-of-the-art in SLAM techniques
  • Experience with data generation in simulation and real world

Other signals

  • advanced robotics
  • cutting-edge AI
  • deep learning
  • large language models
  • dexterous manipulation
  • human-robot interaction
  • spatial reasoning
  • hierarchical system