CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Researcher – Visual Localization & Navigation | Amazon Last Mile

Santa Cruz, California, United StatesFull-time$172k–$222k2026-06-11 → 2026-11-10

Core

Developing next-generation assistive technologies and logistics platforms using robust, scalable visual perception systems for real-world navigation.

Role type

Postdoctoral Researcher (Computer Vision & Robotics)

Builds

Real-world assistive technologies and logistics platforms

Domain

Logistics, Computer Vision, Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

metric-semantic mapping, visual relocalization, monocular localization, deep learning frameworks, geometric optimization, 3D reconstruction

Preferred skills

open-source contributions, object-centric mapping, loop closure detection, place recognition, Python, C++, PyTorch, ROS, Open3D, GTSAM

Technologies

PyTorch, ROS, Open3D, GTSAM

Responsibilities

Publish innovations in top-tier academic venues, invent cutting-edge techniques in visual localization and spatial AI, implement research on real hardware under real-time constraints

Seniority

Postdoctoral, hands-on research