Sr. Applied Scientist, Fauna Robotics

We are seeking an Applied Scientist to focus on Robotics Localization Mapping and Geometric this role youll research and build advanced SLAM and World Reconstruction algorithms that enable robots to know its pose in the world and fulfill various tasks in complex and dynamic home environments. Youll work across a broad spectrum of visual inertial odometry 3D pose estimation mapping and geometric reconstruction problems to build robust solutions that support autonomous decision making task planning navigation and manipulation.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and implement robust robot state estimation pose estimation mapping and reconstruction algorithms.
- Build simulation-based and on-robot evaluation frameworks with comprehensive benchmarks and metrics for systematic evaluation of our spatial intelligence stack.
- Lead scientific and technical projects across the spatial intelligence team.
- Collaborate with navigation manipulation and other teams to ensure seamless integration of localization tracking and mapping capabilities.
- Mentor junior scientists and engineers to solve real-world robotics problems.

About the team
Fauna Robotics an Amazon company is building capable safe and genuinely delightful robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces.
We believe that future wont arrive until building for robotics becomes far more accessible. Today too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. Were changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems that make it faster safer and more intuitive to create real-world robotic products.
Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design control systems dynamic modeling and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality but experience. Were building robots that feel responsive expressive and genuinely useful.
At Fauna youll work at the frontier of this space helping define how robots move manipulate and interact with people in natural environments. Its an opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team focused on making robotics accessible and joyful to build.
If you care about making robotics real for everyone and building systems that are as delightful as they are capable were interested in hearing from you.

- PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
- Experience leading technical initiatives and key deliverables
- 6 years of building Localization and Mapping algorithms experience.
- Strong publication record at major Robotics/ML/AI conferences (e.g. RSS CoRL ICRA IROS NeurIPS ICML ICLR)
- Experience programming in Python Cor related language

- Hands-on experience with modern solutions in the field of Localization Mapping and reconstruction such as Gaussian Splatting Foundation Models (e.g. VGGT) etc.
- History of impactful first-author publications at major journals or conferences
- Experience bridging research with practical engineering implementation in robotics systems

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Sunnyvale - 192200.00 - 260000.00 USD annually