PhD Researcher — Humanoid Robotics & 3D Perception

1000scholars; Zürich; On-site; CHF 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Interdisciplinary environment

Doctorate opportunity

Robotic research infrastructure

Publication opportunities

International collaboration

Job summary

ETH Zurich seeks a Doctoral Researcher to advance humanoid robotics, 3D perception, and embodied AI for autonomous manufacturing. You will develop RGB‑D perception, learning-based control, and simulation-to-real transfer on real humanoid platforms.

The project integrates perception, planning, and manipulation across simulation and physical robots, with collaboration across disciplines and industry partners. Fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, AI or related field.
• Strong foundation in robotics, computer vision, ML or related computational methods.
• Excellent programming skills in Python, and preferably C++.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Knowledge of robotics fundamentals: kinematics, motion planning, manipulation.
• Experience with scientific experimentation and quantitative evaluation.
• Familiarity with Linux, Git and collaborative software development practices.
• Fluent English, written and spoken. Knowledge of Korean and/or German is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent scientific research in humanoid robotics, 3D perception, and learning-based robotic systems.
• Develop and evaluate novel RGB-D based perception algorithms for object detection and segmentation.
• Design and implement realistic robotic simulation environments and synthetic data pipelines.
• Improve transfer of perception and manipulation from simulation to real robotic systems.
• Plan and conduct experiments, establish benchmarks, and publish results.
• Collaborate with researchers and industrial partners and supervise student projects.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

PyTorch

Robotics basics

Fluent English

Education

Master's degree in Robotics or related field

Tools

ROS/ROS2

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Docker

Job description

ETH Zurich seeks a Doctoral Researcher to advance humanoid robotics, 3D perception, and embodied AI for autonomous manufacturing. You will develop RGB‑D perception, learning-based control, and simulation-to-real transfer on real humanoid platforms.

The project integrates perception, planning, and manipulation across simulation and physical robots, with collaboration across disciplines and industry partners. Fluency in English is essential.