Amazon
Sr. Robotics Applied Scientist
$192K–$260K
Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of applied research experience with a Master's degree; PhD is an alternative qualification.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Develop and deploy tactile- and force-driven learning policies for dexterous robotic hands, taking manipulation research from simulation to physical hardware.
What you'll do
- Design and train policies for tactile-enabled grasping, in-hand manipulation, and contact-rich tasks; drive sim-to-real transfer.
- Build simulation and on-robot evaluation frameworks, and lead research projects through deployment on physical robotic systems.
- Collaborate with hardware and controls teams, publish research, review work, and mentor engineers and interns.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python or related language.
- Research or applied experience in at least one listed robotics area, such as tactile sensing or manipulation policy learning.
- Experience deploying learned policies or control algorithms on physical robotic hardware.
Nice to have
- Experience with modern tactile sensing hardware and tactile signal processing.
- Experience developing manipulation policies using reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or foundation models for contact-rich tasks.
Pay
192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, Isaac, MuJoCo, URDF
AI focus
Research and develop reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or hybrid manipulation policies using tactile and force feedback; transfer and evaluate them on physical robotic hardware.
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