Member of Technical Staff - Hardware Science, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)
Core
Drive foundational research and build intelligent robotic systems from the ground up, bridging AI research with real-world hardware deployment at Amazon scale.
Role type
Senior IC hardware-aware robotics researcher
Builds
Production robotic systems with foundation models for perception and manipulation
Domain
Robotics + Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
C/C++, Python, hardware design, low-level control, state estimation, system identification, machine learning model development, patent/publication experience
Preferred skills
full-stack robotics expertise, foundation models, large-scale robotics system development, PyTorch/JAX, distributed systems
Technologies
PyTorch, JAX, C/C++, Python
Responsibilities
Drive independent research initiatives across the full robotics stack including locomotion, manipulation, and sim-to-real transfer; Lead full-stack robotics projects from conceptualization through hardware deployment; Develop and optimize control algorithms and sensing pipelines for physical robotic hardware; Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, and electrical engineering teams for seamless integration; Contribute to technical strategy for next-generation hardware-aware robotics challenges
