Amazon · 2 months ago
Senior Applied Scientist, Tech Lead, Amazon Industrial Robotics
North Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$167K/yr - $226K/yr
6+ years expAmazon is seeking exceptional talent for their Industrial Robotics division to develop advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at scale. The role involves leading the development of dexterous manipulation systems and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to create innovative solutions for robotics and human-robot interaction.
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Responsibilities
Design a revolutionary recipe for dexterous manipulation to unlock the challenge of generalized robotics
Lead development, testing and deployment on dual arm and end effector systems with a team of highly skilled scientist and developers
Leverage simulation and large-scale real-world data collection to create large datasets for model development
Develop a hierarchical system that combines low-level control with high-level planning
Build on top of latest state-of-the-art manipulation models, optimal control techniques and ML
Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to co-design hardware and algorithms for dexterous manipulation
Qualification
Required
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience with state-of-the-art in robotic manipulation models
Experience with data generation in simulation and real world
Experience in developing techniques that utilize multi-modal sensor data from the arm and hands
Preferred
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
PhD in Robotics, with focus on dexterous manipulation
Experience in motion primitives, vision-language-action models, and model predictive control
Experience with robotics frameworks for fast prototyping (Matlab, ROS, etc.)
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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Funding
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$8.11BKey Investors
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2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
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CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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