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Amazon.com, Inc.
Applied Scientist II, Computational Modeling, OMHS SCS
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A Research Scientist is responsible for designing, undertaking and analyzing information from controlled laboratory-based investigations, experiments and trials.
$110,418 / year median in Massachusetts
Job Description
Description Are you excited about applying machine learning and applied mathematics to real-world systems at massive scale? As an Applied Scientist on this newly formed team, you will collaborate closely with scientists and engineers to bring research into production across a broad portfolio of problems — from computer vision perception platforms to building-wide optimization and orchestration. You will frame ambiguous business problems as tractable scientific challenges and implement novel machine learning (ML) systems, first-principles models, embedded systems prototypes, and performance optimizations in both prototype and production environments. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape the scientific direction of a new organization, where your contributions will directly influence how Amazon's fulfillment network operates and evolves. Key job responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy ML and scientific solutions spanning classical machine learning, statistical modeling, computer vision, optimization, and physics-informed modeling in production environments.
- Rapidly ramp on unfamiliar problem domains, frame ambiguous business problems as tractable scientific challenges, and prototype solutions end to end.
- Author or co-author research findings for internal or external peer-reviewed venues, and provide peer feedback on research procedures and results across teams.
- Prototype and evaluate sensing hardware and lightweight, edge-deployable models that run on commodity compute under real-world constraints.
- Collaborate across multiple science and engineering teams to integrate your solutions into deployment architecture, mentoring less experienced scientists along the way.
- PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
- 1+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Strong foundation in applied mathematics, statistics, and machine learning, with the versatility to work across multiple problem domains rather than a single specialization.
- Experience with popular deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and the scientific Python stack (e.g., NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, pandas). Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in professional software development
- Publications at peer-reviewed venues (e.
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- 193,200.00 USD annually USA, MA, N.Reading
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