Lead a team of Applied Scientists, Research Scientists and Software Development Engineers to develop next‑generation drone navigation and state estimation algorithms for Amazon Prime Air.
USA, WA, Seattle - 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually
- Lead a team of 8–12 Applied Scientists, Research Scientists and Software Development Engineers developing novel navigation and state estimation algorithms
- Drive day‑to‑day execution across the full development lifecycle: prototyping, modeling, simulation testing, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, flight test and deployment to the production fleet
- Lead the team in a scrum‑style agile process: set sprint priorities, manage dependencies and deliver against program milestones
- Build mechanisms that capture operational learnings from our delivery network, such as flight data, anomalies and performance trends, and feed them into the requirements and design of each new generation of algorithms
- Set technical direction and raise the bar on scientific rigor
- PhD
- Master's degree
- Nice to have: communication with users and technical teams
- Nice to have: hiring and growing top talent
- Nice to have: engineering practices and patterns for full software/hardware/network development life cycle
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
Navigation Science ManagerAmazon · Seattle, US