Sr. Applied Scientist, Fauna

We are seeking a Sr. Applied Scientist to focus on Robot this role youll research and develop advanced navigation systems that enable robots to move reliably and safely through complex dynamic environments. Youll work across a broad spectrum of navigation approachesfrom classical methods to learning-based techniques and foundation modelsto build robust solutions for autonomous robot navigation.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and implement robust navigation systems that enable reliable autonomous operation in complex dynamic indoor environments with static and dynamic obstacles
- Build simulation-based and on-device evaluation frameworks with comprehensive benchmarks and metrics for systematic comparison of navigation methods
- Conduct sim-to-real transfer experiments analyzing performance gaps and developing techniques to ensure reliable real-world navigation performance
- Collaborate with world model manipulation and other teams to ensure seamless integration of navigation capabilities into the full robot system
- Stay current with the latest advances in robot navigation spatial reasoning and related fields and apply relevant findings to improve system performance
- Mentor fellow scientists and engineers while maintaining strong individual technical contributions

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.

- PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
- 3 years of industry or academic research 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
- Experience with sim-to-real transfer for robotic systems
- Demonstrated track record of leading technical projects
- Experience mentoring junior scientists/engineers

- History of impactful first-author publications at major conferences
- Experience bridging research with practical engineering implementation in robotics systems
- Experience with visual navigation semantic navigation or foundation models applied to robot navigation
- Experience evaluating and benchmarking multiple navigation approaches (classical learning-based foundation model-based)

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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