Amazon
Applied Scientist II, Foundation Model
$172K–$222K
Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Feb 26, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Experience
- 2+ years building models for business applications; PhD, or Master’s + 4+ years building ML models/algorithms in applied settings; 2+ years hands-on deep learning experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master’s + 4+ years building ML models/algorithms in applied settings.
About the job
Develop and optimize robotics foundation-model systems that help robots perceive, reason, and act in real-world environments.
What you'll do
- Fine-tune and optimize models for tasks, environments, and robot embodiments; run reproducible experiments across simulation and real environments.
- Build capability evaluations and benchmarks, and contribute to data curation, training workflows, and evaluation tools.
- Collaborate across research, engineering, controls, and hardware teams; document research and support integration and deployment.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of building models for business application experience.
- Knowledge of C/C++, Python, Java, or Perl.
- PhD, or Master’s + 4+ years building ML models/algorithms in applied settings.
- 2+ years hands-on deep learning experience in at least one listed area; ability to design rigorous experiments and demonstrated technical contributions.
Nice to have
- Experience using Unix/Linux.
- Experience in professional software development.
Pay
171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually (base salary); 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Python, Java, Perl, Unix/Linux
AI focus
Develop and adapt robotics foundation models using deep learning and large language models, including multimodal learning, demonstration learning, perception, and model evaluation for robotics.
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