Research Scientist, Wireless Connectivity

Wireless Research Scientist

Are you passionate about solving complex wireless challenges that impact millions of customers? Join Amazon's Device Connectivity team who are revolutionizing how wireless technology shapes the future of consumer electronics. As a Wireless Research Scientist, you'll be at the forefront of developing solutions that enhance the connectivity and reliability of millions of customer devices. Your expertise will drive the creation of next-generation wireless technologies, from concept to implementation, directly shaping the future of Amazon's product ecosystem. In this role, you'll tackle complex electromagnetic challenges head-on, leveraging your analytical prowess and deep understanding of wireless principles. You'll collaborate with world-class scientists and engineers, applying machine learning and statistical analysis to optimize system performance and create scalable, cost-effective solutions for mass production. Your impact will extend beyond the lab, as you transform research concepts into practical features that delight our customers. You'll influence product roadmaps, drive critical technical decisions, and play a key role in accelerating our product development lifecycle.

Key job responsibilities:

Initiate wireless design, development, execution, and implementation of scientific research projects.

Work closely with fellow hardware developers, scientists, and product managers.

Use experience in modeling, statistics, and simulation to design new hardware, customer modeling, and evaluate their benefits and impacts.

Ability to work and connect concepts across various engineering fields.

Experience in combinatorial optimization, algorithms, data structures, statistics, and/or machine learning to develop novel wireless designs.

Superior analytical thinking and ability to apply technical and statistical knowledge.

Ability to mine and analyze large data and use necessary programming and statistical analysis software/tools.

Leverage ML techniques for design optimization and performance modeling.

A day in the life:

Invent and design new solutions for scientifically-complex problem areas.

Expertly frame the scientific approach to solve ambiguous business problems.

Focus on business and customer problems that require scientific advances at the product level.

Show good judgment when making trade-offs between short- and long-term needs.

Drive your team's scientific agenda by proposing new initiatives and securing management buy-in.

Lead the writing of internal documents or external publications when appropriate.

Your work consistently delivers significant benefit to the business.

Implement self-directed daily work and define and prioritize science or engineering specifications.

Independently assess alternative technologies or approaches to choose the right one.

Ensure accuracy in process abstractions, models, and simulation results.

Influence team strategy that impacts the business.

Build consensus on larger projects and factor complex efforts into independent tasks.

Actively recruit and help others by coaching and mentoring.

Contribute to the broader internal and external scientific communities.

About the team:

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced innovative devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo.

Basic Qualifications:

PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.

Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products.

Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language.

Experience with agile development.

Experience building web based dashboards using common frameworks.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year 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