Amazon
Applied Science Manager, Computer Vision, Perception Science, Prime Air Vehicle Software
$184K–$249K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
- Education
- Master's degree, or PhD.
About the job
Leads the Perception team developing computer vision and machine learning systems that help autonomous delivery drones navigate safely.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor scientists and software engineers developing drone perception systems.
- Set the technical vision and roadmap for perception technology and make architectural decisions.
- Partner across teams to deliver scalable systems and track performance, accuracy, and progress.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics.
- Master's degree, or PhD.
- Experience with video and image processing and compression algorithms and standards, computer vision and/or machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience building machine learning models or algorithms for business applications, or delivering complex ML and computer vision systems to customers.
- Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or MxNet; research publications in computer vision, deep learning, or machine learning.
Pay
183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually (base salary).
Tools
ML, NLP, Information Retrieval, Analytics, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MxNet
AI focus
Leads development of machine learning, computer vision, and new frontier model-based systems for autonomous drone perception and safe navigation.
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