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Research Scientist, Fauna

Amazon

Jersey City, New Jersey

Job description

Overview

In this role, you will advance human-robot interaction by building expressive, socially intelligent systems. You will study verbal and non-verbal conversation, social dynamics, and memory to foster long-term relationships between robots, their environments, and people. Your work supports trustworthy, human-centered robotic experiences that feel alive and engaging. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research into impactful products and demonstrations. This opportunity offers a chance to shape how robots interact with humans at scale.

Compensation / Benefits
  • health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parental leave
  • RSUs
  • sign-on payments
Responsibilities
  • develop and evaluate verbal and non-verbal conversational systems for robots
  • investigate social dynamics, memory, and long-term relationship formation in HRI
  • analyze experimental and observational data to inform system design
  • contribute to the advancement of socially intelligent and trustworthy robot-human interactions
  • apply scientific principles to business problems and product improvements
Key requirements
  • PhD or Master's degree with 4+ years of quantitative field research experience
  • experience applying scientific principles to business problems and products
  • experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets
  • collaboration
  • strong analytical thinking
  • effective communication
  • R
  • MATLAB
  • Python

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