Senior Applied Scientist, Planning and Controls, Amazon Industrial Robotics jobs in United States
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Amazon · 1 month ago

Senior Applied Scientist, Planning and Controls, Amazon Industrial Robotics

positionNorth Reading, Massachusetts, USA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$150K/yr - $260K/yr
date5+ years exp

Amazon is seeking exceptional talent for the role of Senior Applied Scientist in its Industrial Robotics division. The position involves developing innovative solutions in motion planning and feedback controls for complex robotic systems, collaborating with experts to innovate and implement scalable automation solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
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Responsibilities

Conduct research, design, implement, and assess feedback control and motion planning algorithms, ensuring integration across various disciplines
Develop experiments and build prototypes to implement control algorithms, planners, and optimization techniques
Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to ensure scalable, real-time implementation of algorithms
Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to deploy algorithms from initial prototyping to production-level implementation
Engage with stakeholders across hardware, scientific, and operational teams to iterate on system design and implementation

Qualification

Motion planningFeedback controlsMachine learningRoboticsProgramming in JavaC++PythonTrajectory optimizationProblem-solvingCommunication skillsCollaboration

Required

Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
Experience in building machine learning models for business application
5+ years of industry or academic research experience in applied research and development in robotics, with a focus on motion planning and feedback controls

Preferred

Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
Proven ability to innovate and develop robust and scalable solutions to complex robotics problems
Experience in trajectory optimization for multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) robotic systems
Experience in designing controllers using Model Predictive Control, Optimal Control, etc

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
dateFounded in 1994
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Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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