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Applied & Research Scientist - Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab

Amazon· Amazon Robotics / Applied Science
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Pasadena$142.8k - $193.2kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Applied and Research Scientist role in the Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab focusing on safe autonomy for highly dynamic robots. Responsibilities span foundational research to hardware validation across control barrier functions, safe reinforcement learning, and layered safety filters, with experiments on state-of-the-art robotic platforms and collaboration with SAF Lab and Amazon production teams.

Responsibilities

  • Advance the science of safe autonomy from formal foundations to integration with learning and perception to hardware validation.
  • Test and validate hardware, focusing on next generation robotic systems including locomotion, manipulation and loco-manipulation.
  • Leverage hardware deployments to validate underlying science and drive the next research cycle.
  • Publish research at top-tier robotics, control, and ML venues.
  • Collaborate with SAF Lab and Amazon production teams to move research into robots deployed at Amazon scale.

Qualifications

  • PhD or equivalent research experience
  • Master’s degree and 3+ years of applied science, research, or robotics engineering experience — OR a PhD — in computer science, robotics, control, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
  • Hands-on experience developing and deploying control algorithms and/or learning policies on physical robotic hardware in a research or production setting (not simulation-only).
  • Working knowledge of safety-critical control, including control barrier functions and safety filters.
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python, with a track record of implementing control algorithms and/or learning policies in real systems.
  • Experience with physics simulators for robotics (e.g., Isaac Gym/Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet).
  • Demonstrated technical impact through shipped systems, patents, or publications at top-tier venues (e.g., CDC, ACC, L-CSS, ICRA, IROS, RSS, RA-L, Automatica, TAC, TRO).

Skills

Required:Control barrier functions (CBF)Safety filtersReinforcement learningC++PythonRobotics hardware deployment

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • Maternity and Parental Leave Options
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in package
  • Health insurance and related benefits described
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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