Amazon Robotics - Data Science Co-op (Sept-Dec 2023), Global Services and Support

Key Skills

AI Robotic systems, AWS, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Data science techniques, Design, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Operations, SQL, Statistics

Job Description

Amazon Robotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, empowers a smarter, faster, more consistent customer experience through automation. Amazon Robotics automates fulfillment center operations using various methods of robotic technology including autonomous mobile robots, sophisticated control software, language perception, power management, computer vision, depth sensing, machine learning, object recognition, and semantic understanding of commands. Amazon Robotics has a dedicated focus on research and development to continuously explore new opportunities to extend its product lines into new areas.

AR is seeking uniquely talented and motivated data scientists to join our Global Services and Support (GSS) Data Solutions and Insights (DSI) Team. DSI focuses on improving the supportability of the Amazon Robotics solutions through automation, with the explicit goal of simplifying issue resolution for AR and our global network of Fulfillment Centers. The candidate will work closely with data scientists, software engineers, Fulfillment Center operation teams, system engineers, and product managers in the development, qualification, documentation, and deployment of new as well as enhancements to existing models, metrics, and data driven dashboards. As such, this individual must possess the technical aptitude to interface with different data access layers for metric computation, data mining, and data modeling.

This role is a 6 month co-op to join AR full time (40 hours/week) from September – December 2023.

• The Co-op will be responsible for:
• Developing and building models in AWS environment
• Diving deep into operational data and metrics to identify and communicate trends used to drive development of new tools for supportability
• Translating operational metrics into functional requirements for BI-tools, models, and reporting
• Collaborating with cross functional teams to automate AR problem detection and diagnostics

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Pursuing a BS/MS degree in Engineering, Data Science, Data Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Information Systems, Business Intelligence or related technical field
• Exposure to best practices in data analytics and reporting; data integrity, data analysis, data mining, design of experiment, and documentation
• Experience in writing ANSI SQL code in the creation of metrics and dashboards. Skills in SQL programming required
• Experience working with Business Intelligent platforms such as Tableau or PowerBI
• Experience with data analysis/statistical tools such as Python, R, SAS, or Matlab
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and making headway in the face of uncertainty
• Demonstrate proven success as both an independent performer and a contributing member of a high-performing team; show the ability to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MS in Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or in highly quantitative field (e.g. Computer Science, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Physics)
• BS with 3 years of experience.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $41.68/hr in our lowest geographic market up to $88.94/hr in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.