Research Scientist, Fauna
Amazon Flex
New York, New York
Posted 4 days ago
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Design and implement evaluation frameworks to measure robot capabilities across structured tasks, edge cases, and real-world scenarios
- Develop task definitions, success criteria, and benchmarking methodologies that enable consistent and reproducible evaluation of policies
- Create and refine data collection protocols that generate high-quality, task-relevant datasets aligned with model development needs
- Build and iterate on teleoperation workflows and operator interfaces to support efficient, reliable, and scalable data collection
- Analyze evaluation results and collected data to identify performance gaps, failure modes, and opportunities for targeted data collection
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate evaluation tooling, logging systems, and data pipelines into the broader robotics stack
- Stay current with advances in robotics, evaluation methodologies, and human-in-the-loop learning to continuously improve internal approaches
- Lead technical projects from conception through production deployment
- Mentor junior scientists and engineers
Full Job Description
Research Scientist
We are seeking a Research Scientist to lead the development of evaluation frameworks and data collection protocols for robotic capabilities. In this role, you will focus on designing how we measure, stress-test, and improve robot behavior across a wide range of real-world tasks. Your work will play a critical role in shaping how policies are validated and how high-quality datasets are generated to accelerate system performance. You will operate at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and human-in-the-loop systems, building the infrastructure and methodologies that connect teleoperation, evaluation, and learning. This includes developing evaluation policies, defining task structures, and contributing to operator-facing interfaces that enable scalable and reliable data collection. The ideal candidate is highly experimental, systems-oriented, and comfortable working across software, robotics, and data pipelines, with a strong focus on turning ambiguous capability goals into measurable and actionable evaluation systems.
Key job responsibilities:
We are seeking a Research Scientist to lead the development of evaluation frameworks and data collection protocols for robotic capabilities. In this role, you will focus on designing how we measure, stress-test, and improve robot behavior across a wide range of real-world tasks. Your work will play a critical role in shaping how policies are validated and how high-quality datasets are generated to accelerate system performance. You will operate at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and human-in-the-loop systems, building the infrastructure and methodologies that connect teleoperation, evaluation, and learning. This includes developing evaluation policies, defining task structures, and contributing to operator-facing interfaces that enable scalable and reliable data collection. The ideal candidate is highly experimental, systems-oriented, and comfortable working across software, robotics, and data pipelines, with a strong focus on turning ambiguous capability goals into measurable and actionable evaluation systems.
Key job responsibilities:
- Design and implement evaluation frameworks to measure robot capabilities across structured tasks, edge cases, and real-world scenarios
- Develop task definitions, success criteria, and benchmarking methodologies that enable consistent and reproducible evaluation of policies
- Create and refine data collection protocols that generate high-quality, task-relevant datasets aligned with model development needs
- Build and iterate on teleoperation workflows and operator interfaces to support efficient, reliable, and scalable data collection
- Analyze evaluation results and collected data to identify performance gaps, failure modes, and opportunities for targeted data collection
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate evaluation tooling, logging systems, and data pipelines into the broader robotics stack
- Stay current with advances in robotics, evaluation methodologies, and human-in-the-loop learning to continuously improve internal approaches
- Lead technical projects from conception through production deployment
- Mentor junior scientists and engineers
How to Apply
Amazon Flex
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Amazon Flex, launched in 2015, allows individuals to use their vehicles to deliver Amazon packages. Drivers work flexible hours and are paid per delivery. Fun fact: Amazon Flex was created to enhance ...
$80
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