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Amazon · 1 day ago

Research Scientist, WW Sustainability

positionSeattle, WA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$136K/yr - $213K/yr
date4+ years exp

Amazon is focused on advancing sustainability initiatives to support its long-term worldwide strategy. The lead Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) researcher will be responsible for leading assessments of environmental issues across Amazon's businesses and evaluating sustainability impacts across the value chain.

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Responsibilities

Create and maintain ambiguous and/or complex LCA methodologies and models, including experimentation of footprint methods
Develop documentation for validations and assurance purposes
Ideate the creation and interpretation of innovative and novel methods and standards
Scales validations of methodologies or complex models for use in Amazon’s Corporate Carbon Footprint
Conducts research on new machine-learning and AI models and develop comprehensive data foundation, accurate and scalable methods to solve our hardest sustainability problems

Qualification

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)Quantitative researchData analysisR programmingPythonScientific methodsEcoinvent databaseGaBi databaseUSEEIO databaseSystems thinkingAgile developmentSoft skills

Required

PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience
Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language
Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products
Strong industry experience modeling complex systems
Developing LCAs and emission factors (EFs)
Collecting and analyzing data
Reporting results to leaders through visualizations and metrics
Experienced working with imperfect data
Quantifying and identifying sources of uncertainty
Strong math skills
Ability to apply systems thinking to complex, fast moving problems
Strong working-knowledge of scientific methods and international standards (GHG Protocol, ISO)
Extensive experience using Ecoinvent, GaBi, and USEEIO databases

Preferred

Experience with agile development
Experience consulting with senior leadership and executives in a fast-paced environment
Experience programming, prototyping and scripting with Oracle, SQL, Hive, Pig, SAS, R, Weka, or Python

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Medical
Financial
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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
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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H1B Sponsorship

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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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