Amazon is looking for talented Postdoctoral Scientists to join our Forward Looking Initiatives & Technology Enablers (FLITE) Team for a one-year, full-time research position. The Forward Looking Initiatives & Technology Enablers (FLITE) Team. FLITE’s charter is to enable Amazon Robotics Manipulation Organization to innovate on advanced technology development.
The research work for this position will explore generalization of grasp policies in simulation and on novel hardware platforms.
The Postdoc will research, propose, and develop policies by leveraging the state-of-the-art visuomotor polices, data-efficient reinforcement learning methods, and foundation models for robotic perception and manipulation. The candidate will prototype algorithms in simulation and then deploy promising solutions to real and novel hardware. They will provide direction on where we should be focusing our efforts in this rapidly developing field and innovate and iterate on deep learning solutions for robotic manipulation.
Key job responsibilities
• Work closely with a senior science advisor, collaborate with other scientists and engineers, and be part of Amazon’s vibrant and diverse global science community.
• Publish your innovation in top-tier academic venues and hone your presentation skills.
• Be inspired by challenges and opportunities to invent cutting-edge techniques in your area(s) of expertise.
