Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics - Vulcan

## Responsibilities - Design, implement, and deploy motion planning, control, and manipulation algorithms on production robotic systems. - Partner with experts across disciplines including perception, hardware and software to create intelligent, integrated systems and solutions. - Contribute to the development of learned manipulation behaviors and controllers, including sim-to-real deployment. - Write production-quality code and own scalable, real-time implementations. - Validate algorithms on hardware, iterating between simulation and real-world testing to ensure robust performance. - Analyze experimental results, identify failure modes, and drive systematic improvements to system performance. - Champion Amazon in academia through publications and scientific presentations. ## Requirements - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language - Experience with robotics work cells and control systems - Strong background in motion planning, control theory (compliant control, trajectory optimization), or learning-based manipulation ## Nice to Have - Experience deploying and supporting complex robotic systems at scale - Familiarity with reinforcement learning, behavior cloning, and/or sim-to-real transfer for manipulation - Experience with contact-rich manipulation, force/torque control, and/or constrained motion planning - Publications in top robotics, controls, or machine learning venues (RSS, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, NeurIPS, ICML, etc.) ## Benefits - Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage - Maternity and Parental Leave Options - Paid Time Off (PTO) - 401(k) Plan Amazon offers a full range of benefits for you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan