Amazon
Sr. Applied Scientist, Fauna
$192K–$260K
Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of industry or academic research experience; PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Researches and develops robot navigation systems and evaluation methods for reliable autonomous operation in complex, dynamic environments.
What you'll do
- Develop navigation systems for indoor environments with static and dynamic obstacles, spanning classical, learning-based, and foundation-model approaches.
- Build simulation and on-device evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and metrics; conduct sim-to-real transfer experiments to improve real-world performance.
- Integrate navigation with other robot capabilities, stay current with research, and mentor colleagues while contributing technically.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- 3+ years of industry or academic research experience.
- Strong publication record at major Robotics/ML/AI conferences; experience programming in Python, C++, or a related language.
- Experience with sim-to-real transfer for robotic systems; track record of leading technical projects and mentoring junior scientists/engineers.
Nice to have
- Impactful first-author publications; experience bridging robotics research and practical engineering.
- Experience with visual or semantic navigation, navigation foundation models, navigation benchmarking, or reinforcement learning for legged robot control.
Pay
USD 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 annually base salary
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Applies learning-based techniques and foundation models to robot navigation; evaluates navigation approaches and develops reliable sim-to-real performance.
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