Applied Scientist II, Foundation Model, Industrial Robotics Group
Core
Develop and improve machine learning systems for robots to perceive, reason, and act in real-world environments, focusing on foundation models for industrial automation.
Role type
Applied Scientist II, Foundation Model, Industrial Robotics
Builds
Next generation of intelligent robotics systems for Amazon's automation fleet
Domain
Industrial Robotics, Deep Learning, Foundation Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, Computer vision, Multimodal models, Imitation learning / RL for robotics, Human-robot interaction, Python, C++/Java, Experimental design, Reproducible baselines
Preferred skills
Unix/Linux, Professional software development
Technologies
Foundation models, Open source models, Internal research models
Responsibilities
Leverage state-of-the-art models for targeted tasks through fine-tuning and optimization; Execute rapid, rigorous experimentation with reproducible results; Build and run capability evaluations/benchmarks; Contribute to data and training workflow; Write clean, maintainable code and create tools for model evaluation; Stay current with latest developments in foundation models and robotics
Seniority
Mid-level IC, hands-on research and implementation
