PhD Robotics Research Intern: Manipulation & AI

NVIDIA Corporation; Zürich; On-site; CHF 46,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Seattle Robotics Lab is offering PhD-candidate internship opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge robotics and AI research. You will work on manipulation, loco-manipulation, and foundation models across industrial and household contexts.

You will collaborate with world-class researchers, publish high-impact work, and help integrate discoveries into NVIDIA products like Isaac Sim and other robotics tools. This role emphasizes real-world impact and scientific rigor.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a PhD program in Robotics, ML, CS, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms, foundation models, and methods for robotic manipulation and loco-manipulation.
• Integrate methods into real-world robotic systems with diverse arms and manipulators.
• Contribute to multi-person research projects across robotics and ML stacks.
• Engage with the academic community via publications, conferences and code releases.
• Develop AI agents to accelerate research while ensuring correctness and reproducibility.

Skills

Python

C++

CUDA

Warp

PyTorch

JAX

Education

PhD in Robotics/ML/CS/EE/ME

Tools

ROS2

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Isaac Lab

Newton

Job description

NVIDIA Seattle Robotics Lab is offering PhD-candidate internship opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge robotics and AI research. You will work on manipulation, loco-manipulation, and foundation models across industrial and household contexts.

You will collaborate with world-class researchers, publish high-impact work, and help integrate discoveries into NVIDIA products like Isaac Sim and other robotics tools. This role emphasizes real-world impact and scientific rigor.