Research Scientist, Fauna
Immigration summary
Visa sponsorship
This employer sponsors this kind of work repeatedly, and is still filing this year.
14,264 recent H-1B filings · 60 similar-role filings
View visa evidenceGreen card sponsorship
This employer has recently sponsored green cards at scale.
1,562 recent certified PERM filings · 333 similar-role filings
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We are seeking a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Research 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.
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.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, NY, New York - 157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually
Sponsorship evidence
Why Openbound reached the conclusions above.
Visa sponsorship evidence
Current posting
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Other openings
1220 of 22213 recent openings at this employer state a sponsorship restriction.
Employer H-1B history
- 14,264
- recent certified H-1B filings
- 6,290
- new-hire petitions
- 60
- filings for similar roles
- 13,712
- so far in FY2026
Filed titles like this role: research scientist · research scientist i
More evidence details
- 60 certified H-1B filings for this same role, 6,290 new-hire petitions across the employer, and 7,229 new hires already this year
- 60 certified H-1B filings for this same role
- 14,264 recent certified H-1B filings across the employer
- Still filing this year — 13,712 filings in FY2026
- 10,229 USCIS H-1B new-employment approvals, counted separately from LCA filings
- Strong filing activity in NY
- 25,856 further USCIS approvals for extensions or transfers
- 1,220 other recent postings at this company state a sponsorship restriction
- The posting says nothing about sponsorship either way
Strong filing activity in NY.
Green card sponsorship evidence
Employer PERM history
- 1,562
- recent certified PERM filings
- 333
- filings for similar roles
- 89
- filings in this location
Filing history reflects past employer behavior; it isn't a promise for this opening.
All open roles at AmazonHow Openbound evaluates sponsorship
Visa history uses official U.S. Department of Labor H-1B LCA disclosure data and USCIS H-1B petition history. Green card history uses DOL PERM disclosure data. Each is read for the employer as a whole, for roles like this one, and for this location, weighted toward the most recent fiscal years.
An employer is matched to its filing entities by verified legal name and reviewed aliases; a match is never made on a name resemblance alone. Where no verified entity can be matched, the page says so and draws no conclusion from the absence. 705 filing titles were examined for this employer.
What this posting states outranks history in both directions, and an employer's published policy outranks past filings. Filing history reflects past behavior; it is not a promise of sponsorship for this opening, and none of this is legal advice.