Applied Scientist Intern - VLA and DATA, RIVR

Are you a MS or PhD student interested in a 2026 Applied Science Internship in the field of Robotics?

Do you enjoy diving deep into hard technical problems and coming up with solutions that enable successful products that improve the lives of people in a meaningful way?

If this describes you, come join our research teams at Amazon.

Key job responsibilities

As an Applied Science Intern, you will have access to large datasets with billions of images and video to build large-scale machine learning systems. Additionally, you will analyze and model terabytes of text, images, and other types of data to solve real-world problems and translate business and functional requirements into quick prototypes or proofs of concept.

We are looking for scientists capable of using a variety of domain expertise combined with machine learning and statistical techniques to invent, design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems.

Basic qualifications

Are enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields

High Degree of Proficiency in any programming language such as Python, Java, C++, SQL, Python, or similar scripting and programming languages

Preferred qualifications

Experience in design of experiments and statistical analysis

• Experience implementing algorithms using toolkits and self-developed code
• Experience in solving business problems through machine learning, data mining and statistical algorithms
• Familiar with the core undergraduate curriculum of computer science.
• Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing architectural concepts and algorithms, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members.
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