Applied Science Manager - Match & Affordances, Amazon Robotics

Job description

Do you want to create intelligent, adaptable robots with global impact? The Vulcan Stow team (https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/how-amazon-robotics-researchers-are-solving-a-beautiful-problem) at Amazon Robotics builds high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans—at Amazon scale. We invent and deploy machine learning, optimization algorithms, and geometric reasoning models that empower robots to identify the best available placement opportunities, learn effective stow strategies, and continuously improve capacity utilization. Our mission is to maximize throughput developing intelligent policies that understand physical constraints, reason about geometric action opportunities, and select behaviors that achieve high-density, reliable stowing. We hire and develop ML experts in reinforcement learning, combinatorial optimization, predictive modeling, and decision systems. Our solutions learn from millions of stowing decisions to continuously improve warehouse capacity and throughput. We are seeking an experienced Applied Science Manager for Match and Affordances team to lead a team of talented applied scientists and engineers. You will drive ML innovation using the latest advancements in transformer-based architectures to enable maximum storage utilization, learn affordances and behaviors in high-density environments with the reliability and scale that delights our customers. Collaborating with cross-functional teams across perception, motion planning, and fulfillment operations, you will deliver scalable solutions that optimize stow strategy and…