Amazon
Senior Applied Scientist
$192K–$260K
Sunnyvale, CA +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 20, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in Computer Vision.
- Education
- PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads research and development of radar- and thermal-based robotic perception systems, combining sensor data with camera and depth inputs for reliable real-world operation.
What you'll do
- Develop and deploy ML perception pipelines and models for radar and thermal data, including detection, classification, segmentation, and tracking.
- Design multi-modal fusion systems and end-to-end perception processes, from raw sensor processing and calibration through evaluation and deployment.
- Establish datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation frameworks; mentor colleagues and publish research findings.
What they ask for
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
- PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on computer vision experience, including object detection, segmentation, tracking, or scene understanding.
- Experience applying ML to radar data and/or thermal/infrared imagery; deep learning deployment and production perception experience.
Nice to have
- Autonomous-driving perception experience with radar or thermal sensors.
- Experience with 4D imaging radar, radar signal processing, or radar-camera fusion.
Pay
192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually (base salary); 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, ROS/ROS2, TensorRT, ONNX
AI focus
Develops deep-learning perception models and multi-modal fusion for radar, thermal/infrared, camera, and depth data, including deployment on robots.
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