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Applied Science Manager, Fleet Autonomy, Amazon Robotics

We are seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead the team that invents how our autonomous mobile robot fleet thinks - from how robots negotiate shared space to adapting fleet behavior as tasks and deadlines change. This is a rare opportuni

Company

Amazon

Location

North Reading, Massachusetts, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-10T00:00:00+00:00

Amazon Robotics seeks an applied science manager to lead the team that coordinates its autonomous mobile robot fleet, including Proteus. The person sets the technical vision and research agenda, hires and mentors applied scientists, and works on multi-robot coordination through intersections, fleet traffic, task assignment, and a new orchestration layer that responds to operations requests. The posting asks for a PhD, five years of research experience, two years managing scientists, and Java, C++ or Python. Algorithms reach real robots within months.