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Amazon Prime Air

Robot type
Drone
Location
SeattleWashingtonUSA
Job type
Artificial Intelligence
Posted
Aug 19, 2026
Full-time

Simulation & Modeling Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences High Fidelity Methods

Job description

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization.

How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drone-reveal-photos).

Job requirements

  • PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • Experience with flight vehicle simulation development, aircraft system identification or simulation verification & validation (V&V)
  • Solid understanding of software design principles
  • Experience with flight test planning, instrumentation and data reduction techniques
  • Experience with high-fidelity aerodynamics prediction methods including wind tunnel testing, and computation fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Knowledgeable about fixed-wing and/or rotorcraft flight physics
  • Experience with uncertainty quantification in the context of computational models

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