Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon Robotics R&D

Amazon is hiring a Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon Robotics R&D in Berlin, Germany. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Postdoctoral Scientist to research and develop computer vision and robotic manipulation systems for Amazon fulfillment centers.

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Amazon is looking for talented Postdoctoral Scientists to join our Amazon Robotics team in Berlin for a one-year full-time research position.

The Amazon Robotics team in Berlin was formed in 2022 and works to automate picking operations in Amazon fulfillment centers by retrofitting existing stations with robotic manipulators.

We are looking for Postdoctoral Scientists to work at the intersection of computer vision and robotic manipulation — supporting innovations that will be deployed to real warehouses at global scale.

Our team develops both the hardware and the software — including the machine learning that makes it work.

We are developing solutions that let robots identify individual items out of millions and interact with the fabric pods where they're stored in clutter.

The core technical challenges include understanding cluttered 3D scenes with hundreds of overlapping items, identifying a specific target among them, and planning manipulation strategies to extract or place it — all in real time, on real hardware.

The solution space is deliberately open-ended. We're looking for researchers who want to push the boundaries of perception and manipulation — and see their work running on robots within months.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
• 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

Basic qualifications

- PhD in a relevant field received within 2 years of starting the program
- Proven publication record in computer vision, robotics or other related technical fields
- Experience in item perception and manipulation
- Proficiency in technologies relevant to the subfield
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English

Preferred qualifications

- Experience of making research work in practice — turning ideas into implementations that run on real systems, not just in simulation or on paper
- Strong programming skills in Python and C++; familiarity with frameworks like PyTorch, ROS, Open3D, or MoveIt
- Experience working with real robot hardware — bridging the sim-to-real gap, dealing with sensor noise, calibration, and physical constraints
- Experience designing experiments and performing rigorous statistical analysis of results
- Ability to make principled tradeoffs between model accuracy, inference speed, and system constraints

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Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon Robotics R&D at Amazon rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon Robotics R&D is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The role is based in DE, BE, Berlin.
The job was posted on May 18, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Computer visionRoboticsMachine learningResearchManipulationPyTorchPythonC

Questions you could be asked

Walk me through a computer vision problem you solved, from raw data to a deployed model.
Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where machine learning was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where research was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where manipulation was part of your work. What did you do?

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