Applied Scientist: Robot Autonomy & Agentic Systems

Robotics and AI Institute; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics and AI Institute in Switzerland is seeking motivated Master’s and PhD graduates to join our team full-time as researchers developing agentic infrastructure for robot autonomy.

You will build and scale agentic frameworks, benchmark workflows, and collaborate with engineers and researchers to integrate with simulation tools and real deployments. Strong fundamentals in agents and system design are expected.

Qualifications

• Completed MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computational Science & Engineering, or related field.
• Proven software engineering experience (internships, open-source, or significant projects).
• AI/ML foundations with PyTorch and modern AI architectures (LLMs, VLMs, RL).

Responsibilities

• Build, extend, and maintain an agentic framework for robot autonomy workflows.
• Create benchmarks for evaluation of agentic workflows in robotic tasks.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to integrate with simulation tools and on-robot deployments.
• Profile and optimize performance in Linux environments for production-grade reliability.

Skills

Proven software engineering experience

PyTorch experience

Education

Master's or PhD in Robotics or CS

Tools

ROS2

Job description

Robotics and AI Institute in Switzerland is seeking motivated Master’s and PhD graduates to join our team full-time as researchers developing agentic infrastructure for robot autonomy.

You will build and scale agentic frameworks, benchmark workflows, and collaborate with engineers and researchers to integrate with simulation tools and real deployments. Strong fundamentals in agents and system design are expected.