Research Scientist II, WW Sustainability

Research Scientist II, WW Sustainability

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Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements that support Amazon's long‑term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer‑centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people who are passionate about making a meaningful impact on communities and the environment while helping shape the future of sustainable business practices.

Sustainability Science and Innovation (SSI) is a multidisciplinary team within WW Sustainability combining science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, product development, and engineering expertise. We use data across the sustainability imperatives (carbon, water, waste, biodiversity, environmental risk and more) and these skills and capabilities to identify, develop, experiment, and scale the scientific solutions and innovations necessary for Amazon, customers and partners to help them solve their hardest unmet and evolving sustainability needs and goals.

The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization is seeking an exceptional scientific leader to join Amazon's Sustainability Science and Innovation team as a Researcher Scientist for Materials Chemistry Innovation. This role focuses on hands‑on experimental research in materials chemistry to accelerate the discovery and validation of sustainable materials through systematic synthesis, characterization, and performance testing.

You will lead the design and execution of experimental research campaigns targeting catalysts, functional materials, and sustainability‑relevant chemistries across multivariate parameter spaces. You will establish scientific strategy and technical roadmaps for materials discovery while leading research initiatives that tackle complex sustainability challenges in critical industrial sectors.

This position requires driving breakthrough solutions in materials synthesis and characterization through internal capabilities and strategic partnerships with universities, industry scientists, and government laboratories.

You will mentor junior scientists and engineers while collaborating across Amazon's Innovation Lab Network to translate research into scalable solutions. Your leadership will be essential in developing early‑stage, cost‑effective materials that address significant technical and economic challenges fundamental to Amazon's operations, requiring you to navigate complex trade‑offs between immediate deliverables and long‑term environmental impact. You will also shape how emerging automation and AI tools are applied to accelerate materials discovery workflows.

• Develop scientific models that help solve complex and ambiguous sustainability problems, and extract strategic learnings from large datasets.
• Work closely with applied scientists and software engineers to implement your scientific models.
• Support early‑stage strategic sustainability initiatives and effectively learn from, collaborate with, and influence stakeholders to scale‑up high‑value initiatives.
• Support research and development of cross‑cutting technologies for industrial decarbonization, including building the data foundation and analytics for new AI models.
• Drive innovation in key focus areas including packaging materials, building materials, and alternative fuels.

• 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.

• Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language.
• Experience with agile development.
• Experience building web‑based dashboards using common frameworks.

The base salary range for this position is  -  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, and parental leave.

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

Location:

Seattle, Washington.