Amazon
Applied Scientist, Fauna
$172K–$222K
Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years of building models for business application experience; PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
About the job
Researches and develops robot navigation systems, evaluation methods, and sim-to-real techniques for safe, reliable operation in dynamic environments.
What you'll do
- Develop autonomous navigation systems for complex indoor environments and evaluate them using simulation and on-device benchmarks.
- Conduct sim-to-real transfer experiments and improve real-world navigation performance.
- Integrate navigation with other robot capabilities, stay current with research, and mentor scientists and engineers.
What they ask for
- 1+ years of building models for business application experience.
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python or related language, and experience in at least one listed computing or algorithmic area.
Nice to have
- Experience using Unix/Linux.
- Experience in professional software development.
Pay
171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, Unix/Linux
AI focus
Applies learning-based techniques and foundation models to robot navigation.
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