Applied Scientist, 3D Computer Vision - Amazon Scout
Internship Seattle (King) Energy / Materials / Mechanics
Job description
DESCRIPTION
Are you inspired by building new technologies to benefit customers? Do you dream of being at the forefront of and system technology? Would you enjoy working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, start-up like environment? If you answered yes to any of these then you've got to check out the Amazon Scout team.
We’ve been hard at work developing a new, fully-electric delivery system – Amazon Scout – designed to get packages to customers using delivery devices. These devices were created by Amazon, are the size of a small cooler, and roll along sidewalks at a walking pace. We developed Amazon Scout at our research and lab in Seattle, ensuring the devices can safely and efficiently navigate around pets, pedestrians and anything else in their .
The Amazon Scout team shares a passion for innovation using advanced technologies, a love of solving complex challenges, and a desire to impact customers in a meaningful way. We're looking for individuals who like dealing with ambiguity, solving hard, large scale problems, and working in a startup like environment. To learn more about Amazon Scout, check out our Amazon Day One Blog post here: http://amazon.com/scout
As an Applied Scientist for , you have the chance to help develop cutting-edge robotic technology by applying and to .
In this job you will:
· Collaborate closely with engineers, applied researchers and hardware teams to develop -based algorithms and for robots.
· Take responsibility for technical problem solving, including creatively meeting product objectives and developing best practices.
· Interact with teammates in variety of roles to accomplish your goals
· Identify and initiate investigations of new technologies, prototype and test solutions for product features, and design and validate designs that deliver an exceptional user experience.
· Recruit, hire and develop other applied scientists.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· A thorough understanding of best practices in for systems from both practical and state-of-the-art academic perspectives
· Deep experience with camera-based mapping and localization
· Experience in robotic systems
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age
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Desired profile
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· Ph.D in , Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field.
· Experience in developing algorithms that involve multi-view geometry
· 3+ years of experience developing in C/C++