Postdoc: Soft Robotics, Biohybrid Systems & Robot Learning

ETH get hired; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Public transport benefits

ASVZ sports program

Pension benefits

State-of-the-art fabrication labs

Zusammenfassung

ETH Zurich’s Soft Robotics Lab invites applications for postdoctoral positions spanning soft and musculoskeletal robotics, biohybrid living systems, dexterous manipulation and learning, and embodied AI. You will explore new directions, build real systems, and publish results from a collaborative, interdisciplinary lab environment.

We value independent researchers who can define their own research agenda and work across hardware, biology, and machine learning to advance robotics.

Qualifikationen

• Completed PhD in a relevant technical field and track record of publishable results.
• Strong hands-on experience building and testing robotic systems.
• Experience with machine learning and control for physical robots.
• Proven ability to mentor or supervise students and communicate across disciplines.

Aufgaben

• Take a research idea from concept to a working system: architecture, build, sensing, control, and real-world validation.
• Prototype rapidly, measure, and iterate to drive project progress.
• Engineer bones, joints, tendons, and muscles using compliant materials or living tissue.
• Develop embodiment-based control for rich, adaptive robot behavior.
• Advance learning methods that work on real hardware and contribute benchmarks.
• Publish in top venues and release open-source hardware and code.

Kenntnisse

Hands-on system building

Machine learning & control for robots

Soft or bio-inspired materials & actu-

Tissue engineering & bioprinting

Physics-based simulation

Ausbildung

PhD in mechanical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, computer science, materials science, bioengineering or related field

Tools

CAD

3D printing

Machining

Moulding

Electronics

Robot integration

Jobbeschreibung

ETH Zurich’s Soft Robotics Lab invites applications for postdoctoral positions spanning soft and musculoskeletal robotics, biohybrid living systems, dexterous manipulation and learning, and embodied AI. You will explore new directions, build real systems, and publish results from a collaborative, interdisciplinary lab environment.

We value independent researchers who can define their own research agenda and work across hardware, biology, and machine learning to advance robotics.