Amazon
Applied Scientist II— Robotics & Physical AI, Autonomous Lab, WW Sustainability
$143K–$193K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years building models for business application; 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
Build and operate an autonomous materials discovery laboratory by developing robotics and Physical AI systems that run real-world experiments and support closed-loop scientific discovery.
What you'll do
- Develop and benchmark robotic manipulation policies, and transfer them from simulation to laboratory hardware.
- Integrate robots and laboratory instruments into automated workflows and build reliable runtime systems for unattended experiments.
- Design autonomous experimental campaigns using active learning, Bayesian optimization, or reinforcement learning.
What they ask for
- 3+ 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 a related language; experience in at least one listed area, including numerical optimization or parallel and distributed computing.
Nice to have
- Experience using Unix/Linux.
- Experience in professional software development.
Pay
142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, SiLA 2, Unix/Linux
AI focus
Develop Physical AI and robotics for autonomous materials discovery, including manipulation policies, sim-to-real transfer, agentic orchestration, and AI-driven experimental planning and optimization.
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