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[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10583805/human-robot-interaction-applied-scientist-fauna) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Amazon](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) / Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist, Fauna ## Job description We are seeking a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Applied Scientist to develop cutting-edge interactions that make robots feel alive, personal, and fun. In this role, you will focus on verbal and non-verbal conversational systems, social dynamics, memory, and long-term relationship formation between robots, their environments, and the people they interact with. Your contributions will be essential in advancing robotics by enabling expressive, socially intelligent, and trustworthy interactions between robots and humans. ### Key job responsibilities - Develop interactive systems that leverage large language models, multimodal inputs and outputs, reinforcement learning from human feedback, or other advanced techniques to achieve fluid, engaging, and socially appropriate robot behavior - Design and implement intelligent conversational systems that handle turn-taking, grounding, interruption, and incorporates context drawn from a robot's physical environment and shared history with a user - Integrate perceptual sensor streams including gaze, facial expression, gesture, posture, and more to understand social context and produce coherent, lifelike interactions. - Develop memory and personalization systems that allow robots to form lasting relationships with individual users, learn their environments, and adapt their behavior over weeks and months - Stay updated on advancements in HRI, NLP, multimodal AI, and cognitive and social science to apply cutting-edge techniques to robot interaction challenges - Lead technical projects from conception through production deployment - Mentor junior scientists and engineers - Bridge research initiatives with practical engineering implementation ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 20, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 25, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 1, 2026 - Listed for: 12 days - Location: US, NY, New York[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10583805/human-robot-interaction-applied-scientist-fauna) ## Hiring at Amazon - Open jobs: 19,174 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 10, 2026 [All Amazon jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Amazon ### [Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/da0e61acafa3fce874f9/) US, NY, New York ### [Applied Scientist - Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, Amazon Braket](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/7ab4650e20a711f335c4/) US, NY, New York ### [Applied Scientist - Perception (SLAM/VIO), Fauna](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/410a902b0f188468e3f4/) US, NY, New York ### [Applied Scientist II, AWS Quick](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/104c02b43086c748e195/) US, NY, New York ### [Applied Scientist II, Advertising Incrementality Measurement](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/e5a876aa71bc8cc96324/) US, NY, New York ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Sr/ Staff Human Robot Interaction Design Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/f25452c01daf953934b3/) Intuitive · Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Senior Robot Interaction Engineer - Special Projects](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/apple/jobs/1c4d45509037e189dd29/) Apple · Cupertino, United States of America ### [UX Designer, Human-Computer Interaction, DeepMind](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/291bfe86d63c17f0a5ce/) Alphabet · Mountain View, CA, USA ### [Research Scientist, Human-AI Interaction, DeepMind](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/b7e796b2f1f0635841d0/) Alphabet · London, UK +1 more ### [Research Intern - Extended Perception Interaction Cognition (EPIC)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/60e0729f048856e44bdd/) Microsoft · United States, Washington, Redmond OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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