Amazon Sr Applied Scientist - Computer Vision Amazon Robotics 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

125273540

We are seeking enthusiastic, hands-on, seasoned Senior Applied Scientists who will be deep in code and algorithms; who are technically strong in building scalable computer vision systems across item understanding, pose estimation, class imbalanced classifiers, identification and segmentation. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will contribute to the research and development of advanced robotic systems; your work along with other top-notch scientists and engineers will deliver the world's most scalable and robust robotic systems. You will drive ideas to products using paradigms such as deep learning, semi supervised learning and active learning.As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will also help lead and mentor our team of applied scientists and engineers. You will take on challenging customer problems, distill customer requirements, and then deliver solutions that either leverage existing academic and industrial research or utilize your own out-of-the-box but pragmatic thinking. In addition to coming up with novel solutions and prototypes, you will directly contribute to implementation while you lead. A successful candidate has excellent technical depth, scientific vision, project management skills, great communication skills, and a drive to achieve results in a collaborative team environment.Key job responsibilities
Architect, design, and implement Machine Learning models for vision systems on robotic platformsMaintain high standards by participating in reviews, designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence, and creating mechanisms for continuous improvement.Prototype and test concepts or features, both through simulation and emulators and with live robotic equipmentA day in the life1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

- 6+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
- Demonstrated expertise in computer vision and machine learning techniques for robotics systems.