Applied Scientist - Computer Vision, Amazon Robotics

Do you want to create the greatest-possible worldwide impact in Robotics? Amazon has the world's most exciting treasure trove of robotics challenges. At Amazon Robotics we build high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans—at Amazon scale. Amazon Robotics invents and scales AI systems for robotics in fulfillment. Our mission is to enable robots to interact safely, efficiently, and fluently high density real-world fulfillment centers.

As an Applied Scientist, you will:

• Contribute to the research and development of advanced robotic systems
• Drive ideas to products using paradigms such as deep learning, semi-supervised learning, and active learning
• Help lead and mentor our team of applied scientists and engineers
• Take on challenging customer problems, distill customer requirements, and deliver solutions
• Directly contribute to implementation while leading
• Architect, design, and implement Machine Learning models for vision systems on robotic platforms
• Optimize, deploy, and support at scale ML models on the edge
• Influence the team's strategy and contribute to long-term vision and roadmap
• Work with stakeholders across science and operations teams to iterate on design and implementation
• Maintain high standards by participating in reviews, designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence
• Prototype and test concepts or features, both through simulation and emulators and with live robotic equipment
• Work directly with customers and partners to test prototypes and incorporate feedback
• Mentor other engineer team members

We are seeking a hands-on, seasoned Applied Scientist who is technically strong in building scalable vision systems across item understanding, pose estimation, class imbalanced classifiers, identification, and segmentation. The ideal candidate has excellent technical depth, scientific vision, project management skills, great communication skills, and a drive to achieve results in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.