Airspace Management Simulation Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences High Fidelity Methods

About Amazon Prime Air

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Prime Air delivers items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and safely, in less than an hour. Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists are solving the challenge of scaling this delivery model. We are delivering to customers and excited for what's to come.

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.

About the Role

We're looking for a Research Scientist with a background in developing simulations for traffic management algorithms, including expert knowledge in strategic deconfliction, tactical deconfliction, or detect-and-avoid systems.

Managing a large number of concurrent autonomous drone flights that share airspace with other autonomous or manned aircraft is a challenging problem. Be part of the team building simulation tools and algorithms to solve this at scale.

The ideal candidate is comfortable with risk-taking and ambiguity and able to build consensus on critical, controversial technical decisions. If you enjoy the process of solving real-world problems that haven't been solved at scale anywhere before, Prime Air is right for you. Along the way, you'll get opportunities to be a disruptor, prolific innovator, and a reputed problem solver and directly impact Amazon's customers worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a portfolio of simulation tools managing concurrent airspace traffic for aviation systems
• Develop new methodologies in the areas of conflict detection and resolution
• Develop related software systems that will be used in operation to enable package delivery at scale
• Model traffic management frameworks that use a layered conflict detection and resolution strategy to ensure safe and efficient flight operations
• Develop fundamental simulation infrastructure code, including discrete event simulation tooling
• Conduct in-depth scientific research on alternative solutions for conflict resolution
• Contribute to significant and impactful systems that will provide value for Amazon customers
• Drive projects from the concept stage through development
• Engage in substantial software development in prototyping and production environments

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary Range (USA, WA, Seattle): $142,800.00 - $193,200.00 USD annually

Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including:

• 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

Equal Opportunity

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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