Senior Applied Scientist, Fauna

Amazon

New York, NY, US
Not specified; not specified; not specified
On-site
Robotics and machine learning expertise
Evaluation framework design
Data collection protocol development
This role focuses on designing how we measure, stress-test, and improve robot behavior across a wide range of real-world tasks

Job Summary

  • This role focuses on designing how we measure, stress-test, and improve robot behavior across a wide range of real-world tasks.
  • You will build the infrastructure connecting teleoperation, evaluation, and learning to generate high-quality datasets for system performance.
  • The ideal candidate is highly experimental and comfortable working across software, robotics, and data pipelines to turn ambiguous goals into measurable systems.

Matching Summary

This role focuses on designing how we measure, stress-test, and improve robot behavior across a wide range of real-world tasks.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • robotics and machine learning expertise
  • evaluation framework design
  • data collection protocol development
  • teleoperation workflow creation
  • human-in-the-loop systems

Nice-to-have

  • strong experimental mindset
  • systems-oriented approach
  • ability to mentor junior staff
  • experience with ambiguous goals

Key Requirements

  • Strong focus on robotics and machine learning
  • Experience in human-in-the-loop systems
  • Ability to lead technical projects from conception to deployment

Work Rights

Not specified

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