About the role
Amazon is looking for talented Postdoctoral Scientists to join our Amazon Robotics team in Berlin for a one-year full-time research position. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Our team develops both the hardware and the software — including the machine learning that makes it work.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/>Key job responsibilities<br/>In this role you will:<br/>• 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.<br/>• Publish your innovation in top-tier academic venues and hone your presentation skills<br/>• Be inspired by challenges and opportunities to invent cutting-edge techniques in your area(s) of expertise