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Senior Applied Scientist, Fauna

We are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to focus on Robotics Spatial Intelligence and Semantic Understanding. In this role, you'll research and build advanced semantic and world understanding algorithms that enable robots to observe, unde

Company

Amazon

Location

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, seeks a Senior Applied Scientist in Sunnyvale for on-site work on spatial intelligence for a domestic robot. The role involves developing algorithms for semantic and world understanding, 3D perception, and contextual reasoning so robots can plan, navigate, and manipulate in homes. Responsibilities include building simulation and on-robot evaluation frameworks, running sim-to-real experiments, and integrating work with navigation and manipulation teams. The posting asks for a PhD or a master's with six or more years of applied research and programming in Java, C++, or Python.